Our 4 year old grandson came up with the name "The Chicken Barn", and after we started building it he started calling it "Nana & Papa's Chicken Barn", so the name stuck!
We knew we wanted the coop floor to be 8’ x 6’ (width being 8’), elevated off the ground, exterior nesting boxes, and wanted it tall enough to walk into without being hunkered over. Other than that we winged it throughout the build, with help of that same 4 year old grandson!

Chicken Barn (Coop):
The floor structure was built using treated 4x4’s for the legs, treated 2x4’s for the frame and floor joists, and 3/4" plywood for the floor deck. The top of floor deck is 24 inches above ground.
We went to a local flooring store and bought a remnant from the end of a roll of faux wood plank sheet vinyl. Cut it to fit and used flooring adhesive to glue it down solid. After it dried we started framing walls. Didn't have any pictures of just the vinyl installed on the floor deck, but you can see it in the framing photos.
For the wall framing we used regular yellow pine 2x4's on 24" centers. Rafters were framed with 2x6's and used 2x4's for the purlin's. Smartside siding was used to cover the walls. The roof is a 6/12 pitch and covered with Galvalume R-panel metal roofing. The nesting box is on the exterior, and has four equally spaced boxes.
Soffits and all vent openings are covered with 1/2" hardware cloth, attached with 7/16" wide by 1-1/4" long staples in a pneumatic staple gun.. We have about 2" of sand covering the floor of the coop, daily poop scooping under the roost bars takes less than 5 minutes.

The Run:
The run is 8' wide by 24' long. Used treated 4x6's laid wide side down on compacted ground to support the structure. Treated 2x4 bottom plate and wall studs 24" O/C, with regular pine top plate. Rafters are 2x4 with 2x4 purlins. Roofing is Galvalume R-panel to match the coop. All side walls are covered with 1/2" hardware cloth, fastened in same method as on the coop. The run floor is covered with 5" of sand.

Pop Door re-build: Originally built the pop door as a slide up/down, but with the humidity here in SE Texas it gets a little tight for "Nana" to open and/or close, so I'm going to tear off the existing frame and re-build it with a hinged door/frame, that's why the existing one in the pictures isn't painted!

Tools used:
12" sliding compound miter saw
10" Table saw
7-1/4" Circular saw
Pneumatic framing nailer
Pneumatic staple gun
Cordless drills, impact drivers
Numerous hand tools


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