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woodlandwoman, The way I have the coop right now, is that the backside is floor to ceiling wood. The roost is attached to the rear wall. Nothing can reach through the rear. There is about 12-16" between the side of the roost and the North wall where there is wire...

In addition to our running wire along the inside bottom of our coop, we decided to reinforce the outside of the coop. This will serve dual purpose. It will make it tougher for predators to dig in/under the coop, as well as giving us additional space for flower beds/ or garden area. I still...

Thanks for the kind words about the coop. To answer the question about how I got the wood ( I call them cedar slabs), There is a man near Austin, Tx that runs a portable sawmill. These are his scraps. I haul them off by the trailer load, and he is happy to see them go. It works out great for...

haymil, Out of pocket I have about $400.00 in lumber and concrete tied up. The cedar I used are scrap pieces from some other projects (my round pen) so I don't figure the cost of the cedar. The roof, I also have no cost in. I did a little trading and got about 1300' of the roofing...

Michelle, Thanks for the reply. We do have an earth floor, and our intent is to run wire on the floor for 12" then up the wall on the inside. 36" wire should get us 12" floor + 24" of wall protection. Here are some pictures of our "starter coop" that was inside the barn.

DW and I started this coop Sunday afternoon, and have been working on it the last few evenings after work. Size is 12 x 16 , 7' tall - there will be a run along the North and East sides. Here are some pictures of our progress, I will update as we continue to work on the coop. We drilled our...