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Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing all of that with us!

Holy Moly! All that in one day??? Absolutely beautiful. Well Done!!!

Ah - bat houses too. We have a significant size nursing colony under a roof which we are going to have to remove later this year. I'm hoping to build some bat houses so that the evicted colony has somewhere to go, but I'm not sure about how to entice them into the house. My wife suggests rubbing...

That looks like a splendid coop! Strong, well built and good looking! I'm sure your chooks will be exceedingly happy in there. Well done!

I'm in the middle of constructing a large chicken coop/shed and it is coming along nicely, thanks to all of the info I've gleaned from this site. My only previous experience in constructing houses for avian occupants was a couple of bird houses I made over the winter, hoping to attract Eastern...

What a fantastic coop! Well done! Malcolm

Thanks again so much for all the replies - and especially the youtube link, elmo. Sadly it made me spend to much time watching many related videos.... Malcolm

Wow!!! This has to be the most amazing forum ever - 6 replies in 10 minutes!!!! Thanks very much for all of your comments. I'm looking forward to this new adventure very much. Malcolm

Hi there. I am in the process of completing a coop, but have no chickens as yet - hoping to get them in the next month or two. We'll have about 6 of them, and they should have a nice roomy coop and run. However, we do want them to free-range as well, if possible. My question is how to get them...

Very impressive, beautiful and all that. I'm just as jealous as everybody else!

Sounds like a great idea to me! I am no expert, but I do know that chickens love things that are interesting, and they certainly like more space. It'll be fun for you too! Make sure you post some pictures when it is done!

Quote: Hi BankerJohn, I saw this pick on another thread where you mentioned that the pic is "before the landscape cloth and sand". It looks fantastic to me already! Do you have any pictures AFTER the cloth and sand were laid? Thanks, Malcolm

Thanks everyone for the many great tips! The consensus seems to be that it could be okay if I seal/paint it very well, and keep the moisture off it. I could easily do that for the top, and I was planning a linoleum cover anyway, but to get the underside (which may be even more important) means...

Many thanks again for everyone's helpful comments. I think I'm pretty much committed to changing the floor (which will be easy now, much more difficult later) and I'll reuse the OSB elsewhere. Good to hear the OSB has worked well in your kids' treehouse, RD, I guess that means it will work...

Superb coop! I am very jealous...

Thanks Pat, I am having fun really.... I agree, and I will get some new flooring when I next go to town (we live an hour away). One significant oversight that had probably not occurred to me in my haste to get it all going was the painting/staining/sealing of the underside of whatever floor I...

Thanks Penturner, I know that you are right. I guess I will be removing the floor, and replacing it with something better. Even good quality plywood would benefit from being treated and sealed right? I want this to be a good building as it is my first, so I'll accept a week's setback in my...

Three coats! Yes, I'm sure you are right... And thank you for the comment. Apart from the extra time involved, I guess 3 coats of polyurethane will be cheaper than replacing it all with something else - which I guess would really need to be treated/sealed as well anyway! And will save me time...

Ah sealing... Thanks for your comments. I guess I'll be pulling it up either way - either to replace or to seal... Best to do it now rather than later! Thanks a lot, Malcolm

Longish story in another thread, but I was convinced to get 3/4" OSB for flooring for my coop instead of the plywood that I intended getting at the store. Apart from the fact that it is a little short on the sides and I had to add in a patch to make it fit, I am now wondering if the OSB is up to...