We also added a piece of plywood at the bottom to shield the hens from the rooster as they go into and out of the coop.
Our "employees only" door that we got from Home Resource.
We also added a piece of plywood at the bottom to shield the hens from the rooster as they go into and out of the coop.
The door we added to our separated coop section. You can also see the window we added to the north wall.
The run was initially just one big run, but we did have to separate the rooster. We can use that section later as the "introduction" section when we decide to add to the flock. You can also see that we added corrugated metal over a section of the run - it is over where we enter the run and goes to the coop itself. We used 1x1 pieces of wood, screwed them just under our barn roof and then onto the cross piece of the run. We then used roofing screws to secure the metal. This provides some protection from the rain and (we hope) the snow so that we can get to the coop without having to shovel a path.
Success!
The nesting boxes
The nesting boxes are in place now. You can also see in the bottom right of this photo the later addition of a smaller shelter - we ended up with a rooster that is not playing well with the hens - a bit over zealous. So we fenced in a section of the run, added another door to that section and built him his own little shelter.
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We also added a piece of plywood at the bottom to shield the hens from the rooster as they go into and out of the coop.

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