Thanks guys.
I am quite proud of my new
coop yurt. lol Even hubby was proudly telling the guys at Home Hardware about it the other day. I am officially the crazy chicken lady in town. haha And the best part is total out of pocket expense was just shy of $400 because we used a lot of materials we already had on hand – like the window/door trim. It’s made from an old, wooden swather head the previous owner left hanging on the shop wall.
Really wish I had more bins to convert too. There was actually another grain bin right beside this one that we originally planned to make into an attached run, than made the discovery it was mostly rotten, and too far gone to save. I have a pic somewhere's here…
Pic also shows what the coop looked like before, minus the window holes.
“Old grain silo full of oldy moldy grain, dust and mouse turds” pretty much sums it up.
I still think it would have looked really cool with a gable like run, but was not meant to be. We’ll likely make a simple rectangle one now. Hubby’s had enough of working with round walls for the time being, as have I. Sure does make everything more difficult and time consuming.
Miry, the front is facing west, so the side you can see with the tenplast covers in faces east. All the windows have tenplast coverings that can be easily removed, except the accidental skylight where I tried to put a vent in and messed up with my not so trusty sawzall. Nobody told me it had different blades, nor that the blade had been changed and I was using one meant for ripping 2x4’s. Thankfully hubby fixed the hole for me and the end result is more light inside the building, so it’s all good.
Here’s an up close shot of a window. I love that I can just stick the tenplast covers in, turn the thing a ma jiggies, and everything’s sealed up tight.
Your avatar is adorable, too.
Hey, thanks! I was trying to copy something I seen a member on here do (think it was TripleJfarms?) and completely terrorized the silver chick with an extended photo shoot. 101 photos later, I think I have two that semi turned out.
Poor chipmunk is too cute for it’s own good. Can not stop touching… lol Yours is pretty cute too btw.
I was against it at first, (did not like the idea of a black roof) but hubby was insistent we try it HIS way, 
Yep, like a bunch of us on here, now I want one too. 
