Rural/Farm Life

mopinko

(72,543 posts) Wed Jan 4, 2012, 09:12 PM Jan 2012

i think my old suburban would make a fine chicken coop. [View all]

i have a beat up old truck that has been my good friend for 15 years. it has been sitting at my mechanic waiting for him to get around to a 'can this truck be saved' assessment. he and DH have their minds made up already. they have good reason, but, well, i will miss the old girl.
i saw a pic of a chicken coop in an old school bus, and was inspired. i am thinking we could strip the drive train, etc, but keep the interior. seems to me those old seats will make fine shelves for boxes, and places to roost. it can zip up pretty tight in the cold. i can attach one of those cyclone fence dog runs to it and have a $100 chicken tractor.
am i missing something?

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i think my old suburban would make a fine chicken coop. [View all] mopinko Jan 2012 OP

Sure would simplify egg deliveries. EFerrari Jan 2012 #1

guess this thread is useless without pics. mopinko Jan 2012 #2

Well, you wouldn't be the first. Denninmi Jan 2012 #3

Yeah I had a friend who used her old car for her chickens. On the other hand my father turned his jwirr Jan 2012 #4

i really wanted to do this, too. mopinko Jan 2012 #6

How would you ever clean out old bedding? hedgehog Jan 2012 #5

with a hose. mopinko Jan 2012 #7

I think you just made my husband cry! hedgehog Jan 2012 #8

well, there was never any s in my uv. mopinko Jan 2012 #9

should be ok, but know that vehicles are not rodent proof Kali Jan 2012 #10

no cats. terriers. mopinko Jan 2012 #11

we have pack rats out here Kali Jan 2012 #12

just plain old city rats here, but they do like abandon cars. mopinko Jan 2012 #13

how many chickens do you think could comfortable roost in this thing? mopinko Jan 2012 #14