Coop work in progress...

[88heather]

Thanks chickpeaz.. Gumbo is such a sweet heart!

Thanks Ritch! I'm chomping at the bit to get this painted! Hopefully we can make lots of progress this weekend! Wish us luck! I'll be posting more pics this weekend! Do you have a thread going on your coop Ritch?? This site is so big its easy to get lost in the crowd.

 

[88heather]

And it has PAINT!! I am loving the red color! My son inside the coop is calling it his store.. and they have a "open" and "closed" sign they made.. So as we work.. we can place orders for screws, nails and levels!

Front of coop.. with chicken entry door.. and window.. and then on the side is another window

back of coop.. nesting box area and another window

the shopkeeper inside!

insulation being added inside..

inside walls up..

cream trim going up. more cream trim to come..

nesting box in and painted and door on side

Gumbo.. he hates the nail gun.. so he goes inside or gets away when we use that.. He he is waiting for us to stop using the nail gun!

the chicks are saying.. hurry up and finish and get us out of here! heh

 

[vfem]

Love it Heather!!!!!!!!!!

(That shot of the chickens looking at you is toooooo funny!!! Hehehehe)

I love the red, and now I'm just imagining it with all the cream colored trim you spoke of. I like coops that are pretty as well as practical.

 

[88heather]

Thanks Shannon.. Donald is building the windows with a double Plexiglas and they'll swing out.. he hasn't yet decided how he'll do the chickens door... He has the ramp piece.. I'll paint the ramp red also.. Color is spiced wine and is a paint and primer in one! Really a nice paint and when it was wet.. the boys thought it looked pinkish.. but as it dried darker. the red was gorgeous! Would love that color in my house!

Glad we read the article here on ventilation before we got more work done.. we did NOT know about that.. and are now making sure we have ventilation .. besides the windows that will all open with screens.. We are insulating the whole thing.. floors and walls.. b/c we do have some very cold days in the winter.

We are also thinking about the run... Maybe I should research or ask in another thread.. we will do a run that will be covered on top .. How high are most runs?..

 

[vfem]

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Ok, I figured you were going to leave it open with chicken wire under the soffit area of the roof. That's how we did ours... so as to let air move freely, but block winds from getting in during the winter. Good ventilation is important... I know there is this HUGE page on here somewhere about ventilation and what is too little, and what is too much.... it was a good LONG read for me last year while we were building. Gotta keep that ammonia from building up.

Try just leaving some of the exposed coop open under the beams like we did. Just wire it in and reinforce it with 2x4s to strengthen the wire.

As for that red...in your house.... why not?! You aren't done painting inside yet are you? I though you still had more rooms to do? We still haven't painted our upstairs bath or our bedroom! And you've seen how much I've done around here.... after a year the last thing you'd think went undone would be paint!

Ok girl.... one day you need to fly out here and we need to have a paint party!!!!!!!!

 

[Larry Waughon]

Very well built coop. Keep the pics coming.

 

[88heather]

yep.. after reading that ventilation thread and chatting with you.. i think that's what we are doing for ventilation (exposed beams).. It was good to come acroos that article before we covered up the beams.. I'm thinking for the gap at the roof just putting some type of mesh like you were talking about it.

It is a gorgeous red.. but I don't think it will work in the rooms i haven't painted yet.. Donald is building a shed.. so maybe I'll get to use it again there.

Thanks Larry!! I really hope we can finish this weekend!

Its June here and we are RAINY and at 41 degrees! uggggh.. I thought we were living in Sunny colorado??

 

[88heather]

more work done.. should be finished tomorrow!! The chicks are getting their packin papers in the morning! heh

ramp added

windows added.. we made each window with 2 panes of plexiglass each.. front

back view..

we hinged the windows to prop them up instead of opening side to side.. thought that would help to keep rain out and such.. run started

run framed out..

inside. we put 3 roosts.. and there are also 3 nesting boxes.. I'll get better pics tomorrow when they move in! yay!

Walls and floors are insulated.. since we have cold nights in the winter and even in the summer get into the 40's and 50's..

i think they are ready to leave the brooder. Gumbo has enjoyed babysitting them!

we have done more since these pics.. but rain forced us inside and we were pooped! more tomorrow! Yay!!

 

[Whispering Winds]

Beautiful. You need to enter this in the coop contest on BYC. It's definitly a winner!!!

 

[88heather]

Thanks whispering winds!!! Its been a tiring but fun project to do together! we are ready for it to be done! a bit more trim work and a roost in the run.. we are sooooo close.. Can't wait for the chicks to get in the coop!!! They'll love it! way better than half a dog crate for a brooder!