Chicken Castle (coop)

I started with a neighbors coop that was gifted to me.  3 foot wide by 8 foot long.  2 seperate nesting areas.
I had 9 older chickens. (one died, don't know why, about 3 weeks ago.  Another one did not make it into the coop one night and froze. :-(  )
Purchased 25 more chicks about 10 weeks ago.  Have 17 of them left.  Rhode Island Reds.
Had to add onto the coop for them and decided it was not enough room so added on again, then again!!  lol
Two heat lamps, a flat wall heater designed for chicken coops hooked up to a Thermo Cube that comes on when it gets to 35 degrees, off at 47 degrees.
Lots of ventilation.
After all the add on's I figure they have a castle now.
Have the two groups of chickens seperated with some chicken wire inside so they can get to know one another before physically being together.  Thinking next week of taking it down.

Is that next year's garden mulch I see being used as insulation?

Yes - it looks like a castle to me. So long as you have happy chickens, that's what matters most in my opinion.

Jay Angler , how observant!
The older chickens quit laying for the winter I guess, They were only laying a couple eggs a day up until about 6 weeks ago.  Started to molt and now no eggs.  New chickens won't start laying until Feb. at earliest.  I am thinking I will have plenty of eggs next year.
Going to build raised garden beds this winter out of pallets so all that mulch will come in handy.
The red raised bed on the right in picture is one of the beds I made a few years ago.  Since we sold and moved I need to do several more.  I am thinking about a dozen of them 4 X 4 foot.

Great minds think alike!  I've got 4 over-sized pallets I will make two 6'x4' beds out of this winter if I can get that far.   This year I made two 4'x4' beds out of them and so far they're working well. I put a layer of punky dead tree in the bottom, so they're sort of a small, 'stealth hugel bed'!

Jay Angler, I did the same with my beds, layered the bottom with old pieces of logs and branches before filling with good composted dirt.
I like how you used the pallets cut in half and filled in the openings with more pallet pieces.  I might give that a try!!

Thanks! The corners are held together with scraps of galvanized sheet metal that I bent to 90 degrees, punched appropriate holes in and screwed to the wood. I've seen too many people's raised beds fail because they nail or screw into end grain.

I chose pallets that were either well-covered with wood on one side, or which had convenient sized gaps to make the infilling easier. So long as the gaps don't let the dirt fall out, it's good enough!

I like that the edges are sturdy and wide enough that I can rest my weight on them while planting, weeding, or harvesting.

Jay, I have a bit of "left overs" from just building my new home and seem to have over bought a lot of galvanized angle brackets.  ;-)