Building an "Old Style" henhouse.....move in day!....... (pics)

[Steve]

Quote:
I have two brothers, both a lot older

( I mighta been a Ooops?) but neither of them posess much in the way of carpentry skills.

 

[riley]

i love your hen house i cant wait to see it finished

 

[Steve]

Henhouse is now moved.

 

[Buster]

 

[Steve]

Time for a update and pictures.

The reason I didn't build the henhouse in the spot I wanted it to eventually go was because at the time we had a lot of snow.

Well that has all changed with the unseasonably warm weather we just got. This is the same area this morning.

I don't have a loader on my John Deere tractor, but my friend/neighbor does, so I asked him if he'd help me move it......being the kind of folk we are, we help each other out and he was more than happy to. So we got the bucket underneath the skids, then ran a cable and chains back to the rear end of the skids....lifted the front and began to drag the henhouse to it's final resting spot.

It was a tight turning radius and we didn't want to chance wrecking the skids so we unhooked the chains and cables, bumped the building a little by hand to get a straighter run at it......hooked back up and pulled again.

Then unhooked the chains and cable, got out the jack and started getting it leveled up. Although it is temporarily leveled for now I will be doing this again with supports under the skids every 4 foot.

As you can see by the picture, the new building "dwarfs" my old coop. I wanted this henhouse very near my shop so I can run electrical cords to it during the winter and in case I need lights. The backside of the henhouse will be a nice place to pile my firewood for my shop as well.

The smaller coop will be moved out of there soon as I am able to....however my wife told me today she thinks after I move it we should still use it.....for a brooder.

She is the one who didn't want chickens, now she thinks we need a brooder coop for more......go figure.

Next step.....windows and siding!

 

[speckledhen]

I love it, Steve. I also like my coops fairly close to the house, though mine are all about 60-70' from there. With that much snow in winter, it will be much easier to do your chicken chores.

 

[Buster]

Steve- What are the dimensions of your smaller coop? Do you have a link to a post where you built it here somewhere?

 

[citalk2much]

Wow nice work

 

[natalie1136]

That's really nice. Your Wife has just caught on to the madness. It seems like some of us chicken people have an adiction for more and more. Very nice coop.

Natalie

 

[ThreeGlovers]

Just a quick observation / question. Are you going to have any issues with rain runoff having it that close to your shop? Wouldn't want any foundation issues, or water running into or under the wall you know.

By the way... ILOVE IT!!!! I will really try to do one like it when I upsize mine.

Bo