Little deuce coop

[thedigitale]

Not quite as much progress as I'd hoped to make this past weekend (I had an all day event on Saturday), but a friend of mine came by and helped me get the plywood for the roof done, which is the only step I wouldn't have been able to do alone, so it's a big deal. I also got the door installed. I picked up roof paper, shingles, and linoleum for the coop floor over the weekend, got all of the exterior plywood I'll need, and the hardware cloth should arrive today, so now I just need more time to work on it. (I also grabbed a pneumatic stapler, and picked up a sawzall when I started the coop... I love projects that require new tools!)

I have a few bags of gravel, and will pick up a few more as a base layer for the coop, and the stone place I used when I built my pond will deliver sand for the remainder of the floor.

I got my feeder and waterer delivered yesterday as well, so we're getting pretty close now...

Here's the latest progress pic.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Its looking good!

 

[thedigitale]

Not a huge update, but the hardware cloth is installed and secured.

Should get a lot done this weekend.

 

[thedigitale]

Got a lot done today. Here's a bunch of shots of the progress.


A truck load of sand started the day.




Then I got the coop floor and two of the walls up.

My wife installed the linoleum flooring.

All finished with the floor.



Then it was up to the roof to tar paper and shingle.

Almost done, shingles need to be trimmed.



View from the top.

And from the front.

And here's the coop as it stands now. Tomorrow is the push to the finish line...

 

[SunHwaKwon]

It looks really good. Great progress so far. I feel like mine is taking forever to build!

 

[thedigitale]

It's so close I can almost taste the eggs! Another productive day yesterday. All that's left is some finishing touches. I need to add a bit more hardware cloth (I waited until the walls were up so I had easier access), finish staining everything, and add some latches to the doors. I also need to move the sand from my driveway into the coop. I may also add one more door on the nesting box side so we can easily get to the back of the coop.

Coop entrance and ladder.


Nesting box and front double door for cleaning.


Removable roosting bars and interior viewed through the double door..

 

[Bryant Redhawk]

I have to quote Jackie Gleason here. "How Sweet It Is".

 

[thedigitale]

I have to quote Jackie Gleason here. "How Sweet It Is".

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with the way it's turning out. I know my way around tools pretty well, but I'm no carpenter.

I'm working from home today, and it's a bit slow, so I'm trying to get up the motivation to get more done, but after two days working on it in the blazing heat, my body is less than happy with that idea. I'm hoping after a bite to eat I'll be feeling up for it.

 

[Bryant Redhawk]

Oh how well I know the body not wanting to continue being punished. We are building Buzzard's Roost with nothing more than body power. In the last four days we have put up 225 feet of fence including post holes dug by hand and built and hung the first gate, built a hog house, built a hog transport cage, put 2x6 bottom border on most of the 225 feet of fence, started a wallow for the hogs (you just have to dig a little and fill with water, the hogs do the actual making of the wallow). Oh yeah, I also cut the cedar trees for the fence posts and cleared out the fence line from the woods.

I can barely move today but this evening I have to start working on some plumbing.

It truly never ends, you just have to realize that breaks are necessary, not a luxury.

 

[thedigitale]

Agreed! I tend to take on one major project a year. Last year I hand dug our pond in insanely rocky soil. I need to either do more work like this to get my body used to it, or start slowing down on the major projects. I work in an office, so projects like this aren't the norm for me!