I can relate to the covenant issue - our city allows chickens, but there's a covenant in the neighbourhood (from 50 years ago) not allowing livestock. We've gotten away with it so far by having terrific neighbours who we're friendly with, plus having good hedges and fences which make it...
I had to laugh about the nesting boxes - we also have no nesting boxes yet, and I'm pretty sure we'd better get a move on. Welcome from Canada (the warm part!).
Wow! I actually managed to put a picture in the post (a first!). Anyway, sorry, this doesn't show the whole thing finished, but I'll put in a couple more when we've actually attached the nesting box. And we do have a door now! :)
Okay, HEChicken, thanks for the photo challenge. It took me about a half hour, but I managed to upload some pictures. I also realized that I don't actually have any of the completely finished coop, so now I'll work on that!
By the way, everybody, how would I put the pictures in the "Coop...