It’s made of cedar, which is toxic to chickens. It’s also way too small for the claimed capacity of 2-4 hens. This is an excellent design for an object to have its picture taken with a chicken, but that’s about it.
Swissmiss is an online garden Tina Roth Eisenberg started in 2005 and has lovingly tended to ever since.
Besides swissmiss, Tina founded and runs TeuxDeux, CreativeMornings and her Brooklyn based co-working community Friends Work Here. (She also started Tattly which was recently adopted by BIC)
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haha, very cute idea!
Mar 29th, 2011 / 10:40 pm
show us this coop after some use in real life. please.
Mar 30th, 2011 / 4:49 am
I sent this link to my sister-in-law, who’s building a coop right now. She’s modelling her coop upon this stylish number:
http://www.interiordesign.net/blog/Design_Green/41551-Modern_Coops_Make_Chicken_Raising_Cool.php
Keep up the great work Swissmiss!
Mar 31st, 2011 / 11:36 am
modern is just a fancy word form making thing unnecessary and complicated. My family has chickens and this thing is completely unpractical.
Apr 22nd, 2011 / 12:30 pm
It’s made of cedar, which is toxic to chickens. It’s also way too small for the claimed capacity of 2-4 hens. This is an excellent design for an object to have its picture taken with a chicken, but that’s about it.
May 4th, 2011 / 12:14 pm