Building My First Coop

[EggWalrus]

That's why I said they are going to need wire cutters too . I'll be going 1' straight down with the hardware cloth when I install it on the run walls and also am going to hog ring a 2' wide apron to that .

I hit the jackpot when a friend gave me 1800 feet of chainlink fence. Not only is there enough to go around the chickens outer perimeter, there's enough to build a new predator proof pen and put a 4 foot apron down to keep the bad diggers out and the good diggers in. It might be overkill but hopefully it will not need to be rebuilt in my lifetime.

 

[adirondak5]

More trim painted and put up , used all I had picked up yesterday except for 2 pieces for the rest of the fascia . Need a few small fill pieces yet but its coming along .

Also picked up roofing materials , might get started on that tomorrow .

 

[adirondak5]

Working on the roof now

 

[adirondak5]

Ran out of roof screws . Tomorrow I'll put up the fly rafter at the end of the run and then 3 more roof panels and the ridge cap .

 

[aart]

Ran out of roof screws .

ARGH!!!

 

[K0k0shka]

The trim makes such a difference! So pretty. I didn't think I would bother with trim, but now I'm reconsidering. What kind of wood did you use for it?

 

[adirondak5]

The trim makes such a difference! So pretty. I didn't think I would bother with trim, but now I'm reconsidering. What kind of wood did you use for it?

Thank you . The trim is just common grade pine 1 x 4 .

 

[adirondak5]

Got the fly rafter on the run end , this end is an 8.75" over hang where the other end is an 8" over hang . If my figuring is correct I shouldn't need to cut the last panel length wise , I'll just overlap it back one rib and I should be good to go .

 

[Major_in_MS]

Thanks for all the pictures and posts on your coop build. After reading your thread I'm rethinking my own coop build that I will be starting on soon.

 

[adirondak5]

Roof is done . I'm going away for a week tomorrow so was glad to get this far on the build . When I get back I still have the main access door to build for the coop , all the hardware cloth for the run , the hardware cloth over the windows , gable vents , some trim work and the predator apron , interior roosts and poop boards , pop door and a few other things .
At least the TO-DO list is getting smaller