Building My First Coop

[adirondak5]

Gable vent is in , had to trim the top flange corners to fit but that was easy with the tin snips .

I'm also going to mount a power strip inside someplace high for a heated water station and light . I have a GFI outlet about 10' away on the shed .

 

[adirondak5]

Power strip installed , used an in - use outdoor box extension cover to finish outside where cord goes through wall. I have a waterproof cord connect cover for when I plug the extension cord in .

 

[K0k0shka]

Nice! Is it officially done now?

 

[adirondak5]

Nice! Is it officially done now?

Thank you . Not quite done just yet , I still have to get a gable vent in on the gable end into the run . I'll try to get that done today or I need to get that done today . My daughter just got tracking number on the birds so maybe they'll be here tomorrow or Thursday ?

 

[adirondak5]

Ok , now I think I can call it "Officially Done" . I made this gable vent as big as I could without having to cut into any framing . I can use card board to throttle it down if necessary since it is out of the weather and if I find I need more venting I can make something up on the lower sides of both gable ends , but I'll see how this works out .
Gotta run to the post office now and make sure that they have my number and know to call me as soon as birds show up .

Wood shavings are in , just waiting on occupants .

 

[K0k0shka]

That’s a nice touch with the house-shaped vent trim! Beautiful project all around. I really enjoyed following, thank you for all the pictures and details! Will you be updating the thread with chicken news now? Would be nice to see how they like it

 

[adirondak5]

That’s a nice touch with the house-shaped vent trim! Beautiful project all around. I really enjoyed following, thank you for all the pictures and details! Will you be updating the thread with chicken news now? Would be nice to see how they like it

Thanks much , I enjoyed myself with this , glad you liked . I'll update here on the occupants and on any changes or upgrades I make in the future . I am going to be putting a wireless thermometer humidity monitor transmitter in the coop so I can track temp and humidity levels in there . Now I've got a day of cleaning up around the coop and run and then onto other projects .

 

[adirondak5]

I got the wireless temp/humidity monitor this morn and mounted the sending unit in the coop

So far it works great , hopefully the longevity will be good , we'll see .

According to the latest snail mail tracking update the birds will be here tomorrow , hopefully safe and sound .

 

[K0k0shka]

Exciting!!

 

[adirondak5]

Post Office called at 6:10 this morn , went right down and picked up the birds . Put food , water , grit in coop for them , got a huddle box setup and one of those "Cozy Heaters" in there . The birds all look good , active , healthy looking . For 4 week olds they are a tad bigger than I expected , but they could be a touch older . The boys were like 3 foxes trying to get a glimpse of the birds but I told them to let them be for a while and get accustomed to their new home and get some food and water in them . They grudgingly went back to getting ready for school , they are pretty excited . I'll get some pics up later , it was too dark and too much was going on for me to snap pics this morn .