Knoble Chickens Builds a Coop

[Knoble Chickens]

I am a jack of all trades. I grew up with a home shop including wood and metal lathes, mill, welding, appliance and auto repair, electrical, plumbing, painting and building trades, engineering, design and fabrication, wood working and so on. The lathe I now own was originally purchased by my grandfather for my dad in 1947. The coop&run I am building, the only thing I have put to paper is the list of stuff I needed to buy, everything else is designed in my head, no plans are on paper.

 

[Knoble Chickens]

Wish me luck, I hope I don't drown out there. Gotta work on the new coop&run today, rain or no rain. I have eight fast growing chicks who are nearly all feathered out and ready for their new digs.I need to finish the last bit of framing then I am going to start installing the metal roof sheets. When that is done its paint touch-up, and start installing hardware cloth. I have a design for the coop door, I hope I can pull off what I have dreamed up.

 

[Knoble Chickens]

Taking a break, it is wet outside. I have finished the framing, and most of the roof panels. Warming up with a bit of stew, and posting photos....

Last 2x4 for top of coop inside run


Three of four roof panels installed

 

[aart]

How are your rafters attached...screwed thru top plate into rafter ends?

 

[Knoble Chickens]

And between spacer blocks.The two end rafters are against the end top plates and screwed in several locations. The coop is placed in a area that will be shaded from weather and sun by the house and shop. The PNW is actually very weather friendly, besides being grey and gloomy from December through March.

 

[ScottandSam]

I am a jack of all trades. I grew up with a home shop including wood and metal lathes, mill, welding, appliance and auto repair, electrical, plumbing, painting and building trades, engineering, design and fabrication, wood working and so on. The lathe I now own was originally purchased by my grandfather for my dad in 1947. The coop&run I am building, the only thing I have put to paper is the list of stuff I needed to buy, everything else is designed in my head, no plans are on paper.

Nice. I have about every other wood working tool besides a lathe. I have only in my life seen two other people paint before building. On is my best friend a painter by trade. The other being a good amish crew doing a deck. That is why I asked.

I too right list for hardware store otherwise the coop is based loosely on a design I saw in a pic. and the run has developed from pictures online.
So basically I'm like a little china man. If I see a picture. I can then figure out how to built it. And make those on the fly changes to get what I want.

Build looks good. I'm following.

Scott

 

[Knoble Chickens]

I have put together a new video!

 

[Merrymouse]

Coops looking good...following. I spent 4 days in the PNW a few years back and it was the most glorious, sunny, mid-70's every day. My friend that lives there said we got very lucky, weather wise. Its a beautiful part of the world and nice people.

 

[aart]

Where is the 'insulating OSB' going to go...under the rafters?
Thought it would go on top of rafters and under metal.

 

[WesleyBeal]

I had a question about the rafters too. I thought metal roofs would ideally go on top of plywood to stop them from sweating?