BaaKaaawk's Spring 2020 Coop Build Thread :)

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Castlewood said:
It's actually not a wire floor. Just a wire predator skirt. It extends about 2 feet out from the edge of the exterior boundary. I've got it stapled to the edge of the coop. Just lazy and haven't put some mulch over it.
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Looks like someone got confused as to which thread they're on.
 
Yes, I understand the OP's floor is wire. He and I have discussed it in this thread. As far as I can tell, @Castlewood was replying to someone's question to the OP about his wire floor. Castlewood has an article/thread on his coop, but doesn't have a wire floor and it looks like he has deleted the post so there's that. Anyway, doesn't matter. I'm just bored.
 
So I think the coop is officially done... Chicken "Roster" sign is up and my coop sign arrived yesterday. The 4 letters are the initials of our family members. My little butterfly daughter there is one of the M's. She's currently smiling sideways because she just lost her bottom 2 teeth! :)

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BaaKaaawk said:
Ahhh, the beauty of Chicken Math! Rather than just *remove* some chickens, I instead take the much more sensible path of building a completely new coop to house all my ladies! I figured this will be about a month process from start to finish and to keep me sane, and on track for my build, I am going to use this thread as accountability! I've been chickening for about 15 years now, so I've built a fair share of coops, but I want this one to be a bit more special and so I researched on here a ton of coop designs and posted some specific questions about my build (like coop off the ground questions- thank you to those who helped me there!).

My concept/goal is to build the coop to match the style of my home, complete with porch, trim and all. So here's a picture of home and a picture of the coop design.

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Here's my planning so I could get a reasonable idea of my Take-Off.

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And here's where I am, Day 1! I dug the Eight 6x6 posts in... that was a joy. And leveled them on a non-level ground surface... more joy! And finally dropped in the concrete. Although my intent was to build a 6x8... I decided after I saw that footprint I wanted it bigger... because Chicken Math right?! On to Day 2!

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Dang that coop is so pretty! Do you accept sublets? Lol
 

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