My coop build

[Their Other Mother]

I love your coop and want to borrow some of your ideas but I have some questions. So... does the roof tip up to open and give you access to clean it? I noticed you didn't use a ridge beam, does the plywood give it enough support?

 

[Jarhead]

It is plenty strong, if the roof was longer and needed more than 1 section of plywood over each side, a beam would probably be in order. The vents come out, but the roof does not open.

 

[Jarhead]

I did a little sketch up of some additions we will be putting on this week, one the remains of Gustav decides to stop drenching us. What do you think?

 

[SportTees]

So cute- like a doll house. Does it roll good?

 

[Chickenaddict]

Absolutely awesome!!!! i would die for a coop like that!!! Great job scot

 

[Jarhead]

It rolls really good. Very easy to push with just your own body strength. The big plus though is for longer distance moves it can be hitched to a lawn tractor or ATV.

 

[tntstanifer]

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GREAT coop! I can't wait to show hubby the plans. I need a new portable one

Thanks for sharing!
You took being called a jarhead as an insult? I thought that was just a given in the military.....AF= zoomies, Navy = squids.........I can't remember what we called Army. It's been a while. I was AF and married a Marine. We were stationed at Cherry Point during the first Gulf Wars.

 

[1Speckled Hen w/Chicks]

That is so awesome!!
My husband has recently started making me a tractor for "the girls"...and he keeps saying--my hens better be laying some golden eggs real SOON to make it worthwhile!!

I am sure you feel the same way--but-You have made it so well that this can be a coop that one can pass down through the generations!!

Love the design, that cedar, and the windows!!
WTG!!-Great JOB!!

 

[Jarhead]

tntstanifer - As a person interested in USMC history, I was very interested in the origins of terms. The history of the term Jarhead is as follows:

There are 2 theories as far as how the term came to be.
1.) Mules - they were called jugheads which also came to mean "fool", the term then was transferred to young Marines who did the hard work and eventually became corrupted and became Jarhead. This term was then used by the other services when talking about Marines. This was to infer that hard work should be given to the Marines to do.
2.) Appearance - The dress uniform of the Marines has a high round collar which some people said look liked a mason jar lid. Another version of this it the popular old style haircut of the Marines. Another version suggest it came from a type of hat that was worn early in the last century.

One fact is that in the 1920s and 1930s Sailors called Marines this term in a derogatory fashion. By the Marines of the day it was considered an insult like someone using a racial term would be.

Other terms that started as derogatory slurs are Grunt and Gyrene.

Most of these terms have lost the derogatory connotation over time, especially when used by one Marine to another, just as some racial slurs are not considered derogatory by some when used by one member of that race to another.

Trust me though, if a non Marine calls a Marine a Jarhead in the wrong way (especially a sailor), trouble can be right around the corner.

Terms that were not considered insults are Leatherneck and Devil Dog.

Leatherneck refers to a high leather collar that part of the uniform.
Devil Dog (teufelhunden) was a term Germans used to describe the fighting prowess of Marine.

Hope that clears it up.

 

[tntstanifer]

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Yes, that was interesting. If I remember correctly, it didn't take much for a cocky (and I mean that in the sweetest way

) Marine to think "trouble can be right around the corner". Even just a wrong look toward him from another in a different branch. I never could understand the animosity. Guess I was never a Marine, that's why. I was stationed at Lowry AFB with all 4 branches. Fights every weekend.