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The specs for installing the roofing are in their catalog http://www.abcmetalroofing.com/pdf/catalog_29gauge.pdf

The steel roofing was super easy to put on. Much much much easier than shingles, and the same price per square foot. However if the roof wasn't square it could get tricky. I put temporary jigs attached to the rafters to hold the bottom edge of the roofing. It made it really easy to get things...

Days 12 & 13 I wasn't able to work on the coop last weekend because we had to get ready for our first Halloween party on Saturday. Sunday was spent moving boxes out of the barn to make room for 3 1/2 cords of firewood and resting from a very very busy week. I took this Friday afternoon off and...

Days 10 & 11

Thanks for all the compliments The second roll of hardware cloth came in today. That means I now have all the materials I need to get the chickens in the coop! I still need some sheathing and some other misc stuff, but as it is right now I have enough for the chickens to be safe. I wish I...

Days 8 & 9 I got in a half day yesterday and a full day today. Yesterday I sheathed the NE wall, partially framed the front wall with a 3' wide opening for a door, marked out where all the purlins go on the SW slope of the roof, notched the front rafter, and put hardware cloth on the SW wall...

Quote: I don't like to build things twice

Our dog's out with the chickens 95% of the time. So far so good. We're going to be adding fencing to various sections of the property as things progress.

Day 7 Gotta get to bed so just photos tonight

Day 6 I started off the day with a good breakfast including our first 7 eggs! After breakfast I went out and got busy on the coop. I wanted to get all the rafters up today. I had figured out how I was going to do it by myself, and things have been looking nice and plumb, level, and square, but...

I was really tempted to do 12x12. I don't need a permit in our zoning district for anything agriculture related up to 400sf, I just need to give the town notice of it. However, under 100sf means I don't even have to tell them about it. Each property can add one structure under 100sf without...

Day 5 Tomorrow is supposed to be rain so I decided to work on the coop today. I can sit at my desk when it's raining. I setup my laptop on the porch so I could keep an eye on client emails without having to take my boots off. I probably managed to get in about 5 hours on the coop minus setting...

Thanks for all the nice comments I set up a nest box this evening using a small plastic tub. Put some straw and wood chips in it. We'll see what I find in the morning!

I just found another! Same shape, size, color, and location. Looks like one of our ladies is laying!

Day 4 I managed to get in almost 4 hours this afternoon/evening. I finished screwing and nailing the floor down, stapled the hardware cloth underneath, and then framed the side walls. Before I stood them up I painted the bottom of the bottom plate and the floor in that area to help fight any...

Quote: Any predator jumping from a nearby tree is going to land on a steel roof. Not much traction on a 6:12 pitch. But it won't matter even if they manage to stay on it. My main concern is weasels, and they can climb just about anything, so I'm building the coop with the assumption that...

Day 3 I managed to get in a few hours of work on the coop this evening. First I finished putting in the remaining floor joists. Then I put down the 1/2" hardware cloth. I'm paranoid about weasels so I'll be using this on most of the coop. I've seen mice chew right through walls and floors...

Quote: Yep. We got him from Brown Hill Shepherds in Weare, NH. He was 2yo in July. He's my second Shepherd; my previous one was with me for 13 years. They're great dogs. He free ranges during the day with the chickens. Our neighbors have lost some hens to foxes but we haven't seen any sign of...

Quote: Yep So far with my 215lbs jumping around on it things feel ok. There won't be much weight in it anyways. http://www.advantechperforms.com/dare-to-compare/product-testing.aspx

8'x12'