my husband is starting Spring Break and finally has time. So we are getting started.
Coop is 8x8, enclosed with 2 double-paned windows and 2 doors. Treated lumber and plywood walls. No insulation, we are in the South.
Tin roof.
Run will be 16x16 (minus the coop).
Day 1:
Just getting started laying out the coop:
The coop is in the very far corner of our acre.
Day 2:
BIG day! Coop fully framed and enclosed. Run outlines with treated wood. Nesting boxes and roosts installed. Interior painting started.
Day 3:
Rain day.
Coop interior totally painted. Locks installed on both coop doors.
Day 4:
Coop windows covered with hardware cloth. Exterior coop stained with deck stain. Run outline posts also stained. Coop "decorated" and completed for chickens.
Day 5 :
Hardware cloth put all along bottom perimeter of run. Chick brooder built within the coop. Sign painted on door. Half of chicken wire installed on run.
Day 6: (tomorrow)
ALL DONE!!
Finish fencing in run. Add ramp for chickens to get to higher roost. Finishing touches.
Coop is 8x8, enclosed with 2 double-paned windows and 2 doors. Treated lumber and plywood walls. No insulation, we are in the South.
Run will be 16x16 (minus the coop).
Day 1:
Just getting started laying out the coop:
The coop is in the very far corner of our acre.
Day 2:
BIG day! Coop fully framed and enclosed. Run outlines with treated wood. Nesting boxes and roosts installed. Interior painting started.
Day 3:
Rain day.
Day 4:
Coop windows covered with hardware cloth. Exterior coop stained with deck stain. Run outline posts also stained. Coop "decorated" and completed for chickens.
Day 5 :
Hardware cloth put all along bottom perimeter of run. Chick brooder built within the coop. Sign painted on door. Half of chicken wire installed on run.
Day 6: (tomorrow)
ALL DONE!!
Finish fencing in run. Add ramp for chickens to get to higher roost. Finishing touches.
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