Here is the Coop. I finished it in early April. The frame is re-claimed pressure treated two by fours. The roof is plywood the whole top is vented. Vinyl coated welded wire. All the fasteners are outdoor deck screws. the whole thing got 2 coats primer, 2 coats fence paint, and 2 hard coats...
My first try at building a portable chicken coop and run turned out NOT to be "portable" without a trailer, winch and lots of help, lol. (see "One Woman, One Saw, One Week")...and I cannot let my hens out to free-range as I would like to because my (very near) neighbor works for a local chicken...
Not quite finished but here it is:
We first bought chickens 3 years ago from TSC. I looked for coop designs and came up with a nice one that worked great for us and our 5 new chicks. Well, as you know, you can't stop once you start..so I decided to add some Silkies and we added an...
We're working on a coop - not ready for chickens, obviously, but in process. We've tried to use the advice we've gotten from here and there, which has been an interesting process since the one thing most of the people we've talked to agree on is that they don't agree! Here is what we have so...