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Got a lot done, got the run attached and all I have left to do is put the top on and trim the rest of the metal off the front of the roof. Unfortunately, tractor supply was out of metal cutting Dremel disks so I’ll have to wait for them to restock before I can cut down that eye sore. The little...

Finally got all the siding on and the door on today. Tomorrow I’m gonna trim the metal siding down and get it on the roof.

Thank you for the feedback! I only plan on putting the vents on the front and back where the overhang is now.

I’m saying a rooster as when he was a chick he had the white spots on the base of his wings. That’s how I knew my rooster Kevin who is also a RIR was a boy.

Got the rafters up and started doing the siding today! It’s finally starting to look like a coop. Now the question is to insulate or not insulate. Hopefully I’ll get the rest of the sides done tomorrow then I’ll just have to put the metal siding on the roof and sides and start and finish the run.

Maybe it's a shadow but the OP's picture looks like grayish or slate feet. Perhaps a better picture could shed some light?

You won't really be able to tell until they crow and they are way older but the way I could tell my barred rock was a rooster was it was a way lighter barring pattern and his comb was already pink/red when all the other barred rocks I had still had little orange combs that hadn't really come in...

Looks like a barred rock to me, looked like what my little barred rocks looked like at 3 weeks.

I'm pretty sure I have two roosters (a rhode island red and a barred rock) and I plan on keeping them both or at least one. I might cull one for meat, but I'll probably hear about it from my wife if I do lol. Our Rhode Island Red Roo we named Kevin won't really let you hold him unlike our Barred...

No problem but you were right as well you can tell gender at birth. I have a little black sex link chick and I wanted to know more about her breed and did the research.

Black sex link is when a Rhode Island Red rooster mates with a barred rock hen.

I'm saying pullet. My barred rock at 5 weeks has a way lighter barring pattern and already has a red comb and waddles and this one looks like all my other pullets just older.

How old?

Thank you! Never built anything before so this has been a pretty intense undertaking.

So finally got the framing done and put in the ground today! I did an 8x8 modified build from the Downeast thunder farm design. Just gotta cut and put up the rafters but this was all built with wood I found in the barn so some of it was warped and I had to make it work. All free lumber, only...

Welcome to BYC! Me and my wife and and newborn daughter just moved to Michigan to do the same type of deal. I’m doing so we just got some baby chicks about 4 weeks ago. I wish you luck in your homesteading goal!