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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Behold: The Chicken Bunker
Built a sod-roofed, earth-sheltered chicken coop in the hope that it will be visually unobtrusive, warm in winter and cool in summer.
Here is an intresting site: http://www.homegrownevolution.com/ with his version of Raccoon proofing a chicken coop, although yours looks raccoon proof now.
Very cool to see the final project. I was following it on Bushcraftusa and well you know the rest. Sorry to hear about all that. You contributed alot of great material on the site. I'm glad I can still follow your exploits here. Take care.
Have you considered snakes looking for eggs as a danger to your chickens? This is one of the reasons coups are built on stilts. For the snake ( or rodent) to enter they must crawl up the poles in plain sight of the chickens.
Nice chicken bunker...and if things get really bad it can be used as a actual bunker!
ReplyDeleteWithout a doubt...far and away the coolest chicken coop I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteNice work.
We need build intructions for that thing
ReplyDeleteI don't have any building plans. I just sort of dug a hole, built a log cabin in it, and buried it.
ReplyDeleteHere is an intresting site: http://www.homegrownevolution.com/ with his version of Raccoon proofing a chicken coop, although yours looks raccoon proof now.
ReplyDeleteVery cool to see the final project. I was following it on Bushcraftusa and well you know the rest. Sorry to hear about all that. You contributed alot of great material on the site. I'm glad I can still follow your exploits here. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog, love your dog and this chicken bunker is amazing!!
ReplyDeleteHave you considered snakes looking for eggs as a danger to your chickens? This is one of the reasons coups are built on stilts. For the snake ( or rodent) to enter they must crawl up the poles in plain sight of the chickens.
ReplyDeleteWe've lost chickens to dogs, foxes, mink and owls. So far no snakes. They're probably a bigger problem further south.
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