Construction has commenced!!! IT'S DONE!! New pics 07-03-09!!!

[henningheather]

Your coop is great! We got our linoleum last week at Home Depot in the flooring dept. They had a 13x12 remnant that was marked down from $175 to $75. Then marked down again to $42. It was perfect and I am still giddy about the deal! Good luck!

 

[cindyanne1]

It's done! Well, almost.

My husband still wants to put in some feeders made from PVC pipe and a place to hang the waterers... plus he still needs to build the fence around it for the pasture. But other than that... it's complete!

The front. I'm thinking about painting some wood trim in burgundy and putting it around the man-door and the chicken-doors but I'm not sure how that will work, especially because of the way the door latches are. *ponders*

The side and the back where the nest boxes are. The back faces South to take advantage of the light with the big windows there. Also, the coop is wired inside... that box on the wall there in the back is where we would plug in a line from the house or whatever, and there are outlets inside.

The inside with the roosts and nestbox access. The darker grey color is a wood sealer my husband sprayed on the lower half of the coop because he figures that's the part that needs the most protection.

Here's a picture of the wall and ceiling where there are some of the electrical outlets. We weren't sure where we'd need to hook something up like a heat lamp, etc. so my husband put about five outlets in there!

The coop is fully insulated too!

And check this out. My husband saw this medicine cabinet sitting out by the road with a "FREE" sign on it so he grabbed it. He wasn't intending on putting in the coop when he brought it home but we really didn't have any other place for it. Besides I LOVE it in there... their bags of grit fit in there perfectly and I also can store medicines in there if I ever need them (knock on wood I won't, but you never know!)

Anyway I'm excited about it and wanted to share. Thanks for looking!

 

[ChicknJ]

Cindy that cop is awesome awesome. Love it. Looks like you guys thought of now and future needs.

SCORE on the cabinet!

to the DH who built that. Good guy!

 

[AHappychick]

Wow your hubby and you did a great job!!! love all the attention to detail. you will have some very happy chooks, infact they already look quiet pleased in their new digs

 

[Blondie]

Very nice! So professional looking, too!

 

[chickflick]

 

[lovemychix]

That is awesome.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

Great coop - your chickens look very happy in it. It is so nice when a project finally gets completed - good job!

 

[AnnesChicks]

Outstanding job on a very functional coop! He has some excellent carpentry skills.

Bonus is that you will have plenty of room for plenty of chickens!

 

[crazychickx]

FANTASTIC COOP!!!!
Our Dad is coming next week and we'll be sure to show him your design!!--let's hope he's in the mood to build!!!