Finally completely finished...

[mossyoakpro]

This forum has been an enormous help to me in my coop building journey....it is finally finished and the fluffers are in it. As I have posted before this coop started as a 50 year old barn/shed that my father in law built 50 plus years ago and as I was about to take it down when a lightbulb came on....CHICKENS!! So I began the rather lengthy and somewhat expensive task of rehabbing. Here are some of the features:

*Coop itself is 8x10 with hardware cloth on ceiling in the floor and in the walls...double walled with treated fence boards that I'll paint once they weather some more.
*Run is a 10x20 chain link with hardware cloth backing and a metal roof to keep everything dry(raked up some leaves for them to scratch in outside in the run)
*Coop and run combined have over 200 feet of hardware cloth on them....
*Poop boards/roost idea that came from this forum are 48 inches high, 24 inches wide and roosts are 8 inches from the bottom with PDZ in them
*Ventilation galore as recommended here...eaves, entire back wall as well as door and window into run area.
*Omlet auto door that seems to be working like a charm in the covered run.

It was quite a task that my wife is excited to finally see finished so I can move onto the honey do list...LOL

Thanks again to everyone who gave me some tips and pointers along the way!!!

 

[Wereplatypus]

That looks spectacular! Great job, and I bet the chickens love it

 

[Tonyroo]

Nice work. I like the way everything is placed. I'm sure the chickens approve.

 

[mossyoakpro]

That looks spectacular! Great job, and I bet the chickens love it

So far so good!!

 

[mossyoakpro]

Nice work. I like the way everything is placed. I'm sure the chickens approve.

Thanks!! Only thing left is the nesting boxes in a few months...That won't take me long as I got the plastic pre made ones that takes 4 screws to attach.

 

[Tahai]

Fabulous!

 

[mossyoakpro]

Fabulous!

Thanks!!

 

[Moodleroni]

That looks great!

 

[mossyoakpro]

That looks great!

Thank you!! I'm no carpenter and there was not a square thing on that shed but I made it work!! They spent the night in it last night and did great!!

 

[wrathsfarm]

That is a fortress. Very well done. Only suggestion I could add is more play things in the run. Swing, perches, bricks, pallets...etc. Hang a head of cabbage down just out of reach and enjoy your chickentv.... Beautiful coop and run you got.