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I am WOMAN..... as I beat my chest show you pictures of my coop!!
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OUTSTANDING JOB!!!!! Come on over with your tools so I can have one too.
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Great coop!!
Our coop is really high up too.
The chickens have plenty of room under it and I plan on adding a roost for them there. But we had a 3 foot retaining wall we needed to get the nest boxes over. And yes I would have to use a ladder to reach the peak or the roost. But to clean it, we just open the doors and the raised floor height is perfect.
Watch the weight to move it. I tried cutting a few corners on framing to keep the coop as light as possible, but it still was a bear to try and move
Our coop is really high up too.
The chickens have plenty of room under it and I plan on adding a roost for them there. But we had a 3 foot retaining wall we needed to get the nest boxes over. And yes I would have to use a ladder to reach the peak or the roost. But to clean it, we just open the doors and the raised floor height is perfect.
Watch the weight to move it. I tried cutting a few corners on framing to keep the coop as light as possible, but it still was a bear to try and move
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GREAT COOP! good idea on just keeping it in pieces-then carting out to permanent spot and setting it up-much lighter! Great design and layout! Lucky chickens.
Great job!!
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AHhhh so is your base about 2 feet off the ground? with you in that picture?
OHH and by the way everyone~ they will be free ranging chickens and only locked up at night for added protection. My entire backyard is fenced in with a 6ft high fence. So they really will have freedom of the whole backyard that was why shortening the legs (If it must come to that) on it wouldn't take away their place to play~ because they have the whole backyard! And yes we are Urban Chickens~ Shishhhhh!!!! Haha but the idea behind it all It looks like a playhouse! But I welcome all thoughts and opinions while I'm building this~ I love to see different perpectives
AHhhh so is your base about 2 feet off the ground? with you in that picture?
OHH and by the way everyone~ they will be free ranging chickens and only locked up at night for added protection. My entire backyard is fenced in with a 6ft high fence. So they really will have freedom of the whole backyard that was why shortening the legs (If it must come to that) on it wouldn't take away their place to play~ because they have the whole backyard! And yes we are Urban Chickens~ Shishhhhh!!!! Haha but the idea behind it all It looks like a playhouse! But I welcome all thoughts and opinions while I'm building this~ I love to see different perpectives
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LOL I scared my Daddy! I sent him a pictures of all the walls (clamped) together and I guess he thought I screwed it all together~ I had to laugh and tell him... Daddy didn't raise no fool!
I can just invision me trying to drag this entire house all by my lonesome through the yard.
I tell you what I'm so glad the Lowes guy talked me into getting clamps~ those are great! Thank you
LOL I scared my Daddy! I sent him a pictures of all the walls (clamped) together and I guess he thought I screwed it all together~ I had to laugh and tell him... Daddy didn't raise no fool!
I can just invision me trying to drag this entire house all by my lonesome through the yard.
...must put CLAMPS on MY birthday list...!!
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I bet you could build one! This is the first thing I ever built with skill saw and a Miter saw~ this was actually the first time I actually "ever" used one of those tools!! It's the determination of doing something that drives me~ Haha I laugh because I was scared of the skill saw~ thinking I might nick a finger or something. Now I look around and think about what else I can build! Haha
I bet you could build one! This is the first thing I ever built with skill saw and a Miter saw~ this was actually the first time I actually "ever" used one of those tools!! It's the determination of doing something that drives me~ Haha I laugh because I was scared of the skill saw~ thinking I might nick a finger or something. Now I look around and think about what else I can build! Haha
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