Countrymedics Page

Howdy, and welcome to my page!
My family and I have a small farm here here in Tennessee! We have goats, dogs, cats, and of course, CHICKENS!
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This year I decided to build a little more "robust" hen house. I will be investing more of my time as well as adding more feathered friends have only had chickens for about 1 year, but I have learned a lot from this site as well as many books!

This house is going to be a permanent structure. It will be 16’ x 16’ and will have some features such as , sky lights, 4 windows, 2 LARGE perches, more nesting boxes, hopefully a rain catch, and a separate feeding/supply side for me. I am also building it large enough that I can house my flock totally enclosed if I need to due to any illness being spread from wild birds(bird flu). While not an issue now, it could be in the future.

We are pleased to share a few pictures of our "work in progress".

I am a Paramedic by profession and NOT a carpenter, if it wasn’t for my father-in-law who is, I could have never gotten this thing to the point it is at. Thanks to him and some hard work it is coming together.
I want to give a special thanks to him for being my foreman ! ​

Click on MOST of the pics to get an enlarged view and see a few extra pictures!
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The first coop. It is 6' wide x 6' tall x 4' deep and it sits 24" off the ground.

Here is a picture of the nest boxes.
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NEW COOP in PROGRESS!
All my walls are made from 8' x 8' pallets that I got for 15 bucks each!
Here they are coming together! the walls are held in place by 2 - 8' 4x4 posts concreted into the ground.
Here they are coming together! ​

All the walls up!
Here the door is cut out!

Now a roof !
Getting it done!
Everything up ready for lathing!
Cutting out and framing the windows. Using old recycled windows!



Here are a couple of the start of my 2009 garden!​

That's all for now more coming up!!
Thanks for stopping by!​

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