So after we had searched the internet and with our needs came across the COOPSICLE. It was originally published in a book about urban coop designs so with that as our inspiration, this is what we ended up with..
I thought there were many ways to improve the usefulness and design of the coop.
First- I wanted a laminated or smooth sealed bottom for easy clean up.
Second- I wanted to move the roosting nests to the back so they would not impede on the flow through.
Third- I wanted more air circulation instead of plexiglass... seeing as how we are in south florida.
Fourth.. I told my wife that we could do this if all the materials came from bulk / trash pickup. We could not spend any money on this. A fun challenge and we agreed that we would only splurge on the necessary hardware.
This coop we have a total of $60 Bucks. Latches, hinges, hardware cloth, aluminum flashing, and a few other little things.
All the wood came from our neighborhood once a month bulk pickup.. some of the other wood we had.
The roofing materials.. the neighbor was redoing his roof and we got some scraps....
Pics are a little out of order, but you get the idea..
