A few more days of work and hopefully, I can go get my girls! The coop is built on skids so that we can move it around the yard. The run will be 10x4x3 (16x4x3 when you include the space under the coop) and made of PVC so that we can move it around easily too. The girls will get locked in their coop at night. I'm home during the day and keep an eye on things!
Great job! My hubby is a perfectionist also and every little job turns into a huge job. Like I wanted a cute little chicken coop. Big enough for 30 chickens and DH is now planning a 24x24 pole barn. Ugghh!! So right now they are in the 8x8 shed in the back yard just waiting for a permanent home.
Well, I still have to paint the trim on the door, but I picked up my pullets this morning and 4 hours later when I checked on them, I was rewarded with 2 eggs in the nest box!! Here are some pics of the coop and PVC run, both portable so that we can switch out their grazing area weekly!
Putting the coop in place!
Fastening the run to the coop!
My FIL looking things over!
Side view of coop/run. The run is on a slight slope which in a week we will flip the run over to the other side of the coop and it is more flat there. A week later, we will slide the whole shebang down the yard to another patch of fresh grass.
The neighbors foundling kitten fell asleep minutes after inspecting the coop.
My new Isa Browns enjoying a dust bath.
It didn't take the girls long to figure out the nipple water bucket. There are 3 nipples on the bottom of this bucket and they caught on fast!
Just 4 hours after bringing the girls to their new home, I found 2 eggs in one of the nest boxes. Later, one of them laid a "shell-less" egg in the dusting box, which they promptly ate!
Thanks for looking at my coop! It has been an exciting first day with my chickens. At exactly 9:40 p.m., they went up the ramp and crowded onto the back roosting bar for bed and we locked them in for the night. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!
