Day one of construction is over, and I'm pretty proud of myself!

[4HillsSumatras]

Looking great!!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Yep - MAJOR downslope!! Yay! The boards around the bottom are dug in, and in the back left corner it's a little lower than the rest of the run part, so I was thinking of digging a piece of pvc under the board (a small diameter) for drainage, but I don't want mice to get in...maybe with a piece of hardware cloth over the end though..???


Thanks so much to everyone for your support and encouraging words!! (and for the smack to the hubby ConservaChick!! haa haa!)

 

[easttxchick]

Good for you doing this by yourself!

Looks like you got it goin' your way.

Good luck finishing it up.

 

[chaoschicken]

It's looking good.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

It's all done!!!!!!! And the faverolles are all moved in!! yahoo!!! Oh, and I finally guilted my hubby into helping me a little! Win, Win, Win!!

the front: (and yes, that is my hand at the top of the pic - I had a bad glare from behind the coop). It looks pretty flat on top, but there is an angle for water drainage...the roof already had to prove itself, as we had a HUGE rain storm 2 days after the birds moved in...

View from the back, showing their little white picket fence (salvaged, btw) that will latch shut if there is a really bad storm coming and I need to lock them up completely (I usually don't because their run is fully enclosed)...

Roosting bar that I built out of salvaged 1" thick pieces of moulding...

Nest boxes built by cutting in half an old horse trough, and adding 1/2" moulding to hold in shavings, and the auto feeder I built out of 3" PVC, thanks to ideas and pics from many BYCers!...

Happy favs in their back yard!!...

Two of my youngsters after I put the shavings in, they pretty much hang out inside, the "big guys" get to go outside, and the big roo keeps these guys in...

sorry the pics aren't the best quality, had to take them all with my phone...

 

[fldiver97]

great job!!!!!! And I love the white picket fence door. You made good use out of a lot of things, very nice

Glad hubby came around, he should be impressed by your work

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Thanks!!! Yeah, the picket fence door is my favorite part of the whole coop I think...it's been salvaged twice now actually, the lady I got if from salvaged it from an old barn that was being torn down, thinking surely she would find a use for it someday, then when she tore down HER barn, where most of this wood came from, I had to have it!!