Building Our Coop - Follow Our Progress!

[mcf3kids]

Follow along and help us design our dream coop! We are new to this and I have been gathering info and we are excited with the ideas we have for it! Our 8 chicks are ordered and will hatch 5/9 with delivery between 5/10-5/11. The first picture here we are excited because the snow has finally melted in NH and we can start preparing our site. We decided that we wanted a privacy fence near our coop so we began with that - we were really excited to get so much done in one day!

and then Mother nature decided that we should not work on our coop just yet and gave us an April fool's joke that blanketed our work site with 4 inches of snow.

The last three pictures are from work completed TODAY by my hubby! Our coop design will be an 8x8 coop with an 8x16 enclosed run. The coop will be 2 ft off the ground and the entire structure will have a roof to keep the snow out and hopefully the chickens will want to go outside during our cold New England winters. We have two windows and will have a full size people door. The inside coop height will be just over 6 feet but we are not sure if we will have inside nest boxes or built out ones. We will have electricity and water for our coop!

A lot of work on the structure today - the pressure treated posts are dug down two feet. The 2x4's that are in place right now are just to keep the structure square until the roof is complete. Follow along with our progress - I am sure we will need suggestions when we get down to the nitty gritty.

 

[mcjessen]

Looks good so far. Nice flat land. It's funny how one day you have 4" of snow and the next day it's spring. LOL!

 

[mcf3kids]

Thanks! This winter never seemed like it would end and that April fools storm was no joke! The kids even had the day off from school

 

[Emmalion]

Nice job and great start. I just got in from finishing up more of mine. I have my own thread that I update as well. Keep us posted on your progress.

BTW I totally know how you feel about that evil snow.... Grrrrrrr was a horrible joke

 

[perchie.girl]

 

[The Driver]

Looks good!

 

[homesteadinmama]

Very fun, can't wait to see it finished. The sun should be out tomorrow

 

[iasc300]

Did he cement the posts that are 24" deep? or just dig them and fill it back in after he put the posts in the ground?
looks good

 

[todtrac]

Good Luck with your coop, you will enjoy the whole process and the chickens.. wow!.. you will love them... Have fun!

 

[mcf3kids]

IASC he did not cement them in as he swears that the weight of the coop and roof and the structure tied together will make it 100% secure - I have to trust him because he is a contractor (albeit electrician) but builds lots of stuff with a vision from his head. You can see in the background of one of the pics there is a structure that is elevated in the tree line. It is my sons tree house - complete with cable tv and electricity - lol - that one I think was his dream tree house he never had as a kid - it is really neat and we have all slept in it during the summer