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Great job!

Pics of the near-finished coop/run. The only thing left to do is to nail down the roofing in a few places that I couldn't reach. I'm going to get help from someone that is lighter weighted than I am.

For the learning purposes of others building coops....I came up with an idea that resulted from a mistake in the build. One night when I was putting down roofing sheets I got to the last sheet before dark and thought I could nail the front edge of the sheet and finish the rest of the nailing of...

Latest on the Chicken Coop I can almost say that I'm finished with the frickin chickin coop, (it's going on three months since I started). I have to paint bottom boards that secure the hardware cloth, the posts and door and nail down a front row of half sheets of roofing to square her up. This...

Thanks! I have to say that I probably would have built a simple chicken coop and not as nice as what I built without lurking around this forum. The coops that many people have built are outstanding and I wanted to follow suit and build something to be proud of. I have a mental picture of...

Yes, I was thinking about a perch....but didn't have an idea about the size. Thanks for the recommendation....I'll devise something and add it on. I also need to paint it whenever I get around to painting the coop. I missed an even funnier photo op....the rooster was the first one to fly...

I finished up a set of nest boxes for my chickens. They are so funny....this picture was taken just a couple of minutes after I finished putting it together in the coop...

Nice job! They will now fill it up with great eggs.

I buried about 8 inches of hardware cloth and boards to keep critters from scratching their way to your chickens and/or eggs.

What is Pinterest? LOL. Nice coop! I love the rustic look.

Pretty cool JT....thanks for sharing!

They are actually good with me in there. They all seem to come close to me to nip at my feet and just hang out with me....(that is with the exception of the rooster). He looks like he thinks about attacking my legs but when I stand off against him he backs down. He knows that I'll rough him...

Also, I added four of the young hens into the mix hoping that the big chickens would not kill them. They pecked at them a few times and then left them alone. It's now one rooster and eight hens in there....there's so much room (compared to what they had before) that I do not think that they...

Actually I just put out some patches of hay for now until I get the laying boxes built which I should complete either today or tomorrow (I hope). The eggs that they laid were on the ground. Right after I put them in their new home they commenced scratching the ground, flying around and all...

I finished the roosts, waterer and feeder this morning so I finally reached that point where I could move the chickens into their new coop. They love it and rewarded me with two eggs within an hour of being in there.

I forgot to mention....the nice thing about notching the side boards and setting the roost boards in the notched side boards is that it makes it easy to just lift them out of the side boards so that you can shovel their waste every now and then. I might end up getting a rubber mat to place...

I was able to get the roosts built for the chickens today. I also got the waterer and feeder near completion....so I'll post those pictures later. But here are pics of the roosts. I used 2 x 4's for each roost and I routered the corners off of the 2x4's where the chickens will roost...it's...

They're in cages in my garage.

lol....in my case the chickens came second (right after the cage but before the coop). Yeah...I can always make adjustments to change the circulation as needed. You are absolutely right though, I need to figure out how to make changes in ventilation an easy process. I have 12 Bresse chickens...