We have an old building on our property that is 160 sq. ft.. It hadn't been used in awhile, but the building is in decent shape. Even has electricity. We think the inside housed every creature, and insect known to mankind.
It has a dirt floor, so we had to fill groundhog holes, and level the dirt out. We also put hardware cloth down along the bottom, so nothing else can dig inside.
It does have one panel of a window with a broken glass. The windows will have mesh on the outside, so no critters can get in.
The framing went up over the weekend. There will be wood boards about 4 high on the bottom, and the rest will be chicken wire.
A door will open up for cleaning, in the middle here.
The back corner of this picture will be a brooder box. We have a younger bunch who aren't big enough to mix in with the other chickens. They will have their own section, but they will be able to see other thru the chicken wire. The top will flip open for cleaning.
The other corner which can't see in that picture will be for storage. The chicken door will be on the left side of the building which will open into an enclosed run. They will free range some of the time, but on days we may not be home they will have their own safe space outside.
So, there it is. A work in progress
I'll post more pictures as things get completed. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate some more!
Bluemoon
Here's some updates to our mostly finished chicken house...
Here's the brooder area framed out..
The door has been made, and hung..
The chicken wire put up in the brooder area..
We will have access to the brooder area on the other side where storage will be
Chicken wire put on the rest of the areas..
And the final results just before we brought out the two groups of our chicken recruits...
We still have to put in our pop door for the chickens, and a few more roosts. I'm just glad we came out early this morning to check on them, and all was well
Bluemoon
It has a dirt floor, so we had to fill groundhog holes, and level the dirt out. We also put hardware cloth down along the bottom, so nothing else can dig inside.
It does have one panel of a window with a broken glass. The windows will have mesh on the outside, so no critters can get in.
The framing went up over the weekend. There will be wood boards about 4 high on the bottom, and the rest will be chicken wire.
A door will open up for cleaning, in the middle here.
The back corner of this picture will be a brooder box. We have a younger bunch who aren't big enough to mix in with the other chickens. They will have their own section, but they will be able to see other thru the chicken wire. The top will flip open for cleaning.
The other corner which can't see in that picture will be for storage. The chicken door will be on the left side of the building which will open into an enclosed run. They will free range some of the time, but on days we may not be home they will have their own safe space outside.
So, there it is. A work in progress
Bluemoon
Here's some updates to our mostly finished chicken house...
Here's the brooder area framed out..
The door has been made, and hung..
The chicken wire put up in the brooder area..
We will have access to the brooder area on the other side where storage will be
Chicken wire put on the rest of the areas..
And the final results just before we brought out the two groups of our chicken recruits...
We still have to put in our pop door for the chickens, and a few more roosts. I'm just glad we came out early this morning to check on them, and all was well
Bluemoon
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