We are finally going to have chickens!!! Yes, I am excited to have our own fresh eggs but I love animals and have wanted to add chickens to our small farm for a long time. Today is the day! Now to build a coop for them!

We are finally going to have chickens!!! Yes, I am excited to have our own fresh eggs but I love animals and have wanted to add chickens to our small farm for a long time. Today is the day! Now to build a coop for them!

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I wanted 3 chicks to start but Tractor Supply requires you to buy 6. My husband, the farmer said that I should get 12 because they rarely all survive. That's a lot of eggs for 2 people! We have 6 Long Island Reds, the Rhodas and 6 Black Sex Link, the Bettys. I cannot imagine ever being able to tell them apart! They started out in my tack room in a large plastic container which they quickly outgrew. We then fashioned a brooder out of 2 large moving boxes. I was unprepared for the mess that they would make in my tack room. Dust everywhere!! I decided I had to just let of my standards of clean until they moved out!

I wanted 3 chicks to start but Tractor Supply requires you to buy 6. My husband, the farmer said that I should get 12 because they rarely all survive. That's a lot of eggs for 2 people! We have 6 Long Island Reds, the Rhodas and 6 Black Sex Link, the Bettys. I cannot imagine ever being able to tell them apart! They started out in my tack room in a large plastic container which they quickly outgrew. We then fashioned a brooder out of 2 large moving boxes. I was unprepared for the mess that they would make in my tack room. Dust everywhere!! I decided I had to just let of my standards of clean until they moved out!

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Here we go! Staking off the spot we picked on our farm to add the new building. We have designed it to be big enough to use for our 4 Boar goats as well. We have dubbed it the "Goakin House".

Here we go! Staking off the spot we picked on our farm to add the new building. We have designed it to be big enough to use for our 4 Boar goats as well. We have dubbed it the "Goakin House".

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Finally got a real engineer on the job! Our son loves a good project too when he visits. House will be 14'x8' with a 10'x8' covered run.

Finally got a real engineer on the job! Our son loves a good project too when he visits. House will be 14'x8' with a 10'x8' covered run.

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Homemade trusses going up.

Homemade trusses going up.

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We had lots of help with this project!

We had lots of help with this project!

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Metal roof is on and we can move the girls into the run. I was so happy to get them out of my tack room! We put all 12 in a large dog crate and carried them up to their new home.

Metal roof is on and we can move the girls into the run. I was so happy to get them out of my tack room! We put all 12 in a large dog crate and carried them up to their new home.

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They had the whole run but preferred to stay in the crate at first for security.They loved flying up on top of it and roosting once they felt more at home.

They had the whole run but preferred to stay in the crate at first for security.They loved flying up on top of it and roosting once they felt more at home.

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Board and batton is on!

Board and batton is on!

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Finally out of the tack room! The grass was history in no time!

Finally out of the tack room! The grass was history in no time!

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Painted everything white in the coop to seal the wood and for easy clean up.

Painted everything white in the coop to seal the wood and for easy clean up.

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"Come on, it's great in here!" The first brave hen into the house.

"Come on, it's great in here!" The first brave hen into the house.

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Sliding door on the coop side.

Sliding door on the coop side.

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Taking turns at the dust bath! I mixed sand and ash for their bath and they love it. I love watching the dust fly when they are in there!

Taking turns at the dust bath! I mixed sand and ash for their bath and they love it. I love watching the dust fly when they are in there!

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Goat bunks!

Goat bunks!

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View into the coop from the front window. The girls can come and go as they please all day and then settle in at night. The roost was not up yet but you can see the holder for it on the back wall.

View into the coop from the front window. The girls can come and go as they please all day and then settle in at night. The roost was not up yet but you can see the holder for it on the back wall.

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Small storage area in the center. I have not really organized it yet.

Small storage area in the center. I have not really organized it yet.

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Saw this on another coop and couldn't resist making one for mine!

Saw this on another coop and couldn't resist making one for mine!

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Finally finished, July 4th, 2016. We are so happy with how it turned out! The front door was a find at a local antiques shop and has a panel with 4 window panes that we will put in when the weather turns cold this fall. Now all we need is some eggs from the girls!

Finally finished, July 4th, 2016. We are so happy with how it turned out! The front door was a find at a local antiques shop and has a panel with 4 window panes that we will put in when the weather turns cold this fall. Now all we need is some eggs from the girls!

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View from the goat pen on Independence Day...the chickens are now "free ranging"during the day! By the way, we still have 12 very healthy chickens...so much for that theory, hope my neighbors like eggs!

View from the goat pen on Independence Day...the chickens are now "free ranging"during the day! By the way, we still have 12 very healthy chickens...so much for that theory, hope my neighbors like eggs!

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"This place looks great, can I come in?" We have not let the goats in yet since they have shelter outside they can get under when it rains. They will love it when the weather turns cooler in the fall though. Until then I will enjoy how clean it is!

"This place looks great, can I come in?" We have not let the goats in yet since they have shelter outside they can get under when it rains. They will love it when the weather turns cooler in the fall though. Until then I will enjoy how clean it is!

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