Coop 99% done!

[Grungybones]

Worked all weekend solid.. put over 24 hours in, in 2 days. Got the entire family over to help and whipped them all weekend. I'll post final construction stats and materials and cost after the last bit of trim and paint goes on. Our chicks will be big enough to move in next week! I barely made it in under the wire. Lots of landscaping left to do around "Fort Chicken" and the egg boxes will go on the left side within the month. I've got a bit of time before the ladies will be needing them. This is my first (and hopefully only) big coop construction.. Let me know what you think!

 

[Grungybones]

this is how it looked when we started work saturday morning...

 

[St-Hubert]

Wow.....that looks good! Granted, I am new myself to coop-building....but....again, wow!

 

[ColoradoMike]

Looks great! Love the door - reminds me of something out of the middle ages

Now show us some interior pics!

 

[nlove_3000]

I love it! I only hope I can get mine done that quickly - I'm sure it won't be that pretty!

 

[Grungybones]

Most of the wood working projects i do are viking era furniture for SCA events. Both my wife and I are freelance fantasy artist and writers... So anything I build reflects that. LOL.

The gang plank for our birds goes up to the middle bottom of the coop. The wife and I put our heads together and came up with a draw bridge design. You pull the chain at the bottom which sticks out thru the side of the run under the coop. It pulls up the hinged gang plank sealing the access door and keeping the birds in for the night. You then hang the chain over a hook and our little peepers are locked in and secure without us having to go into the coop every night.

This is the only picture I took of it before the hardware mesh went up on the outside where you could see it clearly.

 

[St-Hubert]

Ok, a drawbridge gangplank takes the win!
I'm enjoying the progress pics, too. Once again, y'all did a grand job on that!

 

[RickB68]

That is looking great! I really like the style!

 

[dot n'dave]

looks cool.

 

[Grungybones]

Every thing about the coop itself is about ease of access and cleaning. The floor is covered by a left over piece of linoleum flooring 4x8 feet. Modeling the newly installed drawbridge is "Jaws" our test/stunt chicken. She got volunteered as I heard Plymouth Rock's were a brave breed, but not smart enough to ask questions or call OSHA.

Yes, before you say anything.. the nails sticking through have already been removed and made safe for chicken kind.