These are the nesting boxes as viewed from the inside of the coop (now covered with bedding). Our adolescent hens actually dogpile in there when they sleep at night!

Nesting box roof, pure copper that Karen swirled with an orbital sander.

These are the nesting boxes as viewed from the inside of the coop (now covered with bedding). Our adolescent hens actually dogpile in there when they sleep at night!

Here's a peek into the henhose through the human access door. We used vinyl flooring for the floor and walls of the coop to make it easier to clean. The inside is osb painted with white glossy enamel paint, and the roosting bar is from a lilac tree that we needed to remove in the spot where the coop now sits.

This is our coop as viewed from the west. Human access and hen access doors. Feeder and waterer are under the henhouse.

Our coop viewed from the west. This is the human access door to the hen house and also the chicken access door and ramp. The green portion of the chicken access door slides up via a cable/pulley assembly accessible from the front of the coop.

Our coop viewed from the northwest.

This is the front view of our coop. It is built from plans from "The Garden Coop", which we used as a guide and embellished to our liking. Modifications we made are the nesting box on the front of the house with a copper roof, cedar shake shingles, picket fence, and the hen door coming out the side.

These are the nesting boxes as viewed from the inside of the coop (now covered with bedding). Our adolescent hens actually dogpile in there when they sleep at night!

junebug6262
May 17, 2012

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