build photos

[greycrane]

Since I got a lot of ideas from this forum, I thought I better join and share the process.

Here's what's gone on over the last 10 days.

Turning my top garden in to a chicken coop. Here's the beginning ... building a concrete beam as the base. Here are some photos as the form for the concrete is built.







Pouring the beam.

 

[greycrane]

Walls going up.

 

[greycrane]

More progress.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Wow that is looking great!

 

[greycrane]

Roof going up today. I'm using tin from a chicken house one of my neighbors tore down - the family used to raise chickens for Pilgrim's. We had to overlap quite a bit, but it will get the job done and I like using some reclaimed materials.







Coop floor is in and ready to be framed.

 

[greycrane]

Getting close to being finished.



We stapled hardware cloth to the 2x6s, then trimmed with 1x4s for extra hold on the wire and to make it look a little more finished.



Ramp and door in for the girls.

 

[Mims]

Nice! You are going to have happy chickens! How big is your run?

 

[greycrane]

Run is about 18x19.

 

[rbruno]

I never thought about pouring a footer around the perimeter. I would imagine that would be a lot for a predator to dig through or under. If I could ask, how deep is it in the ground and how wide is it?
Rob

 

[greycrane]

Beam is 10 inches wide and about 8-10 inches underground. It should be critter proof.