During the Summer of 2002 the flypen (above right) was rebuilt for the second time since 1968. It has a concrete floor poured over a plastic moisture barrier, framed with all 2-inch thick treated lumber, under a corrugated metal roof. A side door to the flypen opens at the end of a concrete walk. The bottom 2" x 4" boards are approximately 3/4" above the concrete for drainage and cleaning. The 2" x 6" walking boards are 4" away from the one inch wire mesh and the center separation has been removed, making it one enclosue. The loft has been covered with steel barn siding. (Photo by Tom Planchon.)
These are individual breeding coops. Each unit
contains 16 coops (32 total) approximately 30" square and 15"
high.
Sliding doors allow access to the feed and water crock that service
coops
on both sides. The far unit was built about 1970, the near
unit about 1980; both from scrap lumber and crate wood. The open
area between the units acts as an office. Everything is under a
single
roof of corrugated steel over 3/4" plywood and is sided with steel
siding.
. There are four lights in the overhang, and a concrete walk in
front.
Everything is about 8" off the ground.
This double dove coops was built and photographed in
May 1987. Attached
to side of corrugated tin shed, four feet above ground, with spaced
wood
flooring and an entrance to a cage inside of the building. A
removable
sliding steel plate allows use as a single or double coops.
Center
separations is of plywood. Heavy tree limbs were installed for
roosts
and nest boxes were installed in the upper rear, outside wall corners,
with nest inspection doors (shown in upper left) on both sides.
Entry
doors were completed on lower sides after photograph was taken.
Total
size is approximately six feet long, three feet high and two feet wide;
with a metal roof.
