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Rick's Chick Condo

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My backyard is nothing but hill! Finding a site that will work for me on the hill has been a real challenge. Start date 2/15/2012

Mar 9, 2012

Clearing out the dead wood and underbrush.

Mar 9, 2012

Time to move dirt, and dirt, and more dirt. I hate dirt!

Mar 9, 2012

Started on the pen with retaining walls and anchors.

Mar 9, 2012

Retaining walls are in, pen is level with dirt. Hardware cloth needs to be installed on outside perimeter and back filled at a later date.

Mar 9, 2012

Started on coop. Added insulation to the floor. You can see how high up on the hill it is located. Bringing up materials from the back yard was back breaking.

Mar 9, 2012

Coop walls are going up.

Mar 9, 2012

Roof trusses installed.

Mar 9, 2012

Installed 4 nest boxes. Boxes are 12" x 14" with an opening of 6" x 9".

Mar 9, 2012

installed redwood siding. The tarp is to keep things dry, and keep me from getting too much sun. Ordering metal roofing tomorrow. Chicks were ordered last night ( 3 Barred Rock, 3 Australorp, and 3 Golden Comets), they should arrive around the 2nd week in April. It is now 3/9/2012

Mar 9, 2012

I am able to access the nesting boxes from the covered deck. Good for collecting eggs in the rain.

Mar 29, 2012

Had to keep things dry until the metal roof arrives.

Mar 29, 2012

I framed in coated 1/2 inch hardware cloth for the screen door.

Mar 29, 2012

Metal roof is installed. Painting the trim, and moving more dirt. DIRT Again!?#%.

Mar 29, 2012

A look from inside the pen. The pen is covered with 2 x 4 screen with an overlay of chicken wire for the bottom half. To keep predators away, I am installing 2 strands of electric fence on the outside of the coop at 4 and 12 inches (5000 volts...OUCH).

Mar 29, 2012

Mar 29, 2012

Installed hardware screen on the outside and backfilled.

Mar 29, 2012

Getting the finishing touches completed. Digging out the steps to the coop and will back fill with gravel.

Apr 13, 2012

Installed 2 roosts in the pen so the chicks can keep an eye on me in the yard.

Apr 24, 2012

Guillotine door with ramp and you can see the compost bin in the background.

Apr 24, 2012

Hardware cloth installed, backfilled, stone down and electric fence is on.

Apr 24, 2012

Coop is ready for the ladies. The chicks were born on April 10th, so it will be a few more weeks before they move into their condo. The total cost of this project was close to $2,000 and took 2 1/2 months to complete. All of the building and digging was completed by myself. The stone was done with the help of my wife.

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