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Poultry palace - $200 (Culpeper)
condition:
good
make / manufacturer:
Custom
model name / number:
1 of 1
size / dimensions:
82” long x 48” wide x 73” tall
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This thing is not exactly the Howard Johnson, but it’s at least the Red Roof Inn. Dimensions are 82” long x 48” wide x 73” tall. Its base is a stainless steel cage panel with a fine layer of soft plastic mesh – strong enough to keep predators from tunneling under, yet gentle enough to keep the poultry podiatrist away. It sits on two skids wrapped in slick plastic, so it can be easily moved around your yard with a lawn mower but also sheds detritus from above.
As we move up the structure, you’ll notice a custom Guillotine-style plexiglass ingress/egress point that features an updated hinged operating handle with pre-set decking screws to hold it open or closed, all set in a sturdy plywood end wall. A short walk around the rest of the structure reveals three walls finished out in classic chicken wire with a gorgeous patina.
The gable ends feature novel plexiglass access panels at eye level on either end of the chicken attic. The main roosting area/living room highlights a hardwood floor landing at the top of the stairway to chicken heaven, accessible via a square window with a custom-bent finishing nail holding it closed, which is figure-outable by any children who have chores to do but is absolutely indecipherable to racoons. Moving on to the deepest point in the fortress, we arrive at the nesting area/master bedroom, which boasts stainless steel flooring and a round viewing/access portal with a bespoke gravity-assisted rope cleat auto-locking mechanism in combination with a galvanized hinge affixed via epoxy that has more PSI of bonding strength than you’ll ever hope to need. Eggs are just a reach away!
15-plus linear feet of roosting space means everyone has room to keep to themselves without ruffling any feathers. The corrugated asphalt roofing panels are set at an ideal 45-ish degrees to achieve what I’m told is a 12/12 pitch, which is halfway between an Alpine cabin and whatever piece of rotten plywood that is sitting flat on your abomination of a coop.
I have poured lots of money and tons of love into this, but it’s really not about the money. I’ll be needing some money, but just to see the look in your chickens’ eyes when they see this huge upgrade is what I really want most.