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That is wicked adorable! You (and hubby) should be proud. And I, for one, love the paint job. And it's "done" in perfect time for this beautiful weather we are getting! Get yourself a coffee from Dunkin, put your feet up, and enjoy the fruit of your hard work. You deserve it.

I like the bright blue on the ceiling of the run. Very cheery! Reminds me of the cool blues that porch ceilings were traditionally painted.

Make sure if your latch is self locking that you have a way to open the run door from the inside. You don't want the door to auto close on you and get locked in!

Oh no! So sorry to hear about the chicks. If they are re-shipping, you might want to arrange to pick them up directly at the post office hub in Worcester instead of your local p.o. As an aside, Feed & Needs in Uxbridge orders direct from McMurray. They are taking orders and receiving shipments now.

My rural New England born and raised grandmother used to joke that the local clay soil was only good for growing rocks!

@Merrymouse and @ScottandSam, in the number of days you two have been talking about grinding I've emptied 3 bottles of wine and have enough cork to cover at least 6 screws. I'm tellin' ya, my way is far more enjoyable.

Wine corks work well. Cut one in half and you can cover 2 screws. They are soft enough that the screw goes into them without loosening and there's already a hole in them from the corkscrew. Plus its a great excuse to drink lots of wine!

It's looking FABULOUS! And the weather is cooperating nicely. You'll have no numb fingers this week!

I used two layers of 1x4 for my door with welded wire fencing sandwiched between. If you do similarly, you can omit the corner braces if you offset your corner joints. So say your door is 3'x6'. On one layer you will have 6' verticle pieces and the top and bottom horizontals will run between...

Yes, toenail the joints on the door. I wouldn't bother with mitered corners, just go with square. I'd do corner braces like you did on your run walls and a horizontal cross piece for rigidity. Here's a picture I shamelessly stole from the internet.

Oh yes, you get tons of hits with or without the inclusion of the word chicken, but they are all in reference to little chicken doors. So it would seem that "pop door" isn't used for anything outside of chickenkeeping.

"Pop door" doesn't show up anywhere but in reference to chicken coops when you do an internet search on the term. I've got two theories as to its origins. The first is that it developed as an onomatopoeic phrase to describe how the chickens practically explode out of the door when it's opened...

I check all my lumber before I load it on my cart. Hold one end up and look down the length of it to see if it bows or curves. Then I put it on the floor to see if it lays flat on all sides. Your lumber will invariably have some crown (the curve up and down as you look down the narrow edge) but...

That's NOT east coast! I'm from the east coast (Connecticut born and raised) and I do not talk like that. I now live in the triangle formed when you draw lines on a map connecting Boston, Providence, Rhode Island and Worcester, Massachusetts. The people from those cities leave out letters from...

@Merrymouse It's looking good! Definitely post more pics as it progresses. Cutting and measuring mistakes are part of the game when you're just starting out. There's a saying that goes "Measure twice, cut once." It's a good saying. Here's a handy tip that helps save time. If you have to cut a...

Yes, They will be able to support the weight of the coop and not flex or bend.

You don't want to lay a 2x6 flat like that. It will flex and not offer any support. A simple fix is to get a couple pressure treated 4x6 or 6x6 landscape timbers and create another frame just like you did with the 2x6s. Set it on your blocks and put what you've already built right on top.

Construction has a steep learning curve. Don't beat yourself up about it.

What caught @aart's attention and also prompted me to ask about how you will be supporting the coop is this. Your studs (or uprights) will be supporting the weight of your roof (and snow load). That weight is going to be transferred down through the uprights. If the coop was sitting on the...