Echlfans Chicken Coop

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This is our first foray into chickens. We hatched ducks for my little girls class 2 years ago.
My friend got me hooked when she told me about hers. She wanted to do another order.
I planned it all out & sprung it on my husband 3 days before ordering it. He wasn't totally excited, lol.
But once he figured out they were not as stinky as the ducks & they would not be in the house,
he was much happier. What really got him was the selling the extra eggs &getting to build the coop!
A chance to use the power tools, lol.

We have 3 EEs, 1 Blk Astralorp, 1 RIR & 1 GSL. The coop is called Fowl Manor.
We have Artemis Fowl, Holly Short, Opal Coboi, Juliet, Butler & Mulch Diggums.
Names come from the Artemis Fowl series.

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Picked the spot for the coop.
The patio seemed the best
option for us. The run will extend to
dirt area on the back side.

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Framing & Floor done.

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We got most of the plywood up for the sides. Added the door & nest box cabinet.	Coop completed (mostly). Painted & added a corrugated rubberish roof. High ventilation all around. 2-15x15 windows across from each other that catch breezes well & 1 facing our girls window so they can watch the chickens. Also have a bottle of Antibac hanging from the window grid.
(Outside closed--outside open--Inside view) Close up of nest box cabinet. Found the cabinet someone was tossing after a remodel. Egg collection will be easy from outside.

This is Artemis. She is a RIR.