Abandoned Coop Rebuilt

[aart]

I don't have a compelling reason to remove it yet. Only the edges were rotten. Originally I was planning on covering the whole roof with a black plastic sheet but I started painting it and thought it looked pretty good. For waterproofing, I gave it a three coats of exterior house paint over the one coat of 1-2-3 primer. There are a few small cracks left -- I plan to fill with silicon caulk. It rained overnight I inspected it this morning...even without sealing all the cracks it was bone dry inside this morning.

Someone suggested a metal roof, and I may still do that later, but one of the goals of this initial coop is to spend as little $$ on it as possible. So far, I spent $50 on the treated 8x4 floor and ~$80 on paint, screws, bits. The hinges were a gift from Dad and all the other wood was leftovers from the previous owners.

OkeeDokee!

 

[CONCRETEBOX]

Update.
I think I'm done...added trim, latches, Handles, ramp, roosts.

 

[Ted Brown]

Chickens like to roost on the highest available spots. You will find your birds roosting on top of and probably in the nest boxes. That lovely thick branch you have mounted will serve nicely as a means to get up to the nest boxes where they will spend the night.

This will then leave you with the "enviable" job of cleaning the interior of the nest boxes and on top of their droppings on a regular basis. You will also have chickens with various brown tinges on their feathers and eggs that need to be scrubbed.

You should rethink the interior layout to get the roost bar as the highest level and nest boxes nearer the floor.

Other than that an amazing transformation.

 

[McChooky]

Another plus is the chicks don't have far to fall when shoved out of the nest.