- Aug 4, 2012
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Thank you all so much for your feedback. A lot of stuff to think about!
We went ahead and started today and I'm shamlessly posting a picture. I'm ready for the feedback... the good, the bad and the ugly. We are complete newbies at this and I'd rather know now if I did something completely wrong.
The left side of the coop is 8ft and the slant will go towards the right which measures at 7ft... I'll set up a gutter and rain collection system on that side. We framed it out with 2 x 4s but are using 2 x 3s to reinforce as well as some off cuts we have around here.
I'm thinking the next step is to put up the front wall which I'm not exactly quite sure how to do since it's on a slant. I think I'll put one of the 12 ft long pieces that goes across the top and then measure at the 48" marks and cut those reinforcements to size? Any help here would be great.
I've left the ground as is since it doesn't puddle around this area and will dig a trench around the finished coop to bury some hardware cloth about 12" down.
Anything else I should know before we move forward with this experiment?!
Thanks!
We went ahead and started today and I'm shamlessly posting a picture. I'm ready for the feedback... the good, the bad and the ugly. We are complete newbies at this and I'd rather know now if I did something completely wrong.
The left side of the coop is 8ft and the slant will go towards the right which measures at 7ft... I'll set up a gutter and rain collection system on that side. We framed it out with 2 x 4s but are using 2 x 3s to reinforce as well as some off cuts we have around here.
I'm thinking the next step is to put up the front wall which I'm not exactly quite sure how to do since it's on a slant. I think I'll put one of the 12 ft long pieces that goes across the top and then measure at the 48" marks and cut those reinforcements to size? Any help here would be great.
I've left the ground as is since it doesn't puddle around this area and will dig a trench around the finished coop to bury some hardware cloth about 12" down.
Anything else I should know before we move forward with this experiment?!
Thanks!
