My Grand Chicken Coop

[Sally PB]

WOW!!

 

[berea]

WOW!!

Thank you

 

[berea]

That is beautiful!

Thank you very much.

 

[berea]

That is absolutely beautiful!

Thank you !

 

[aart]

Pretty Spiffy!!

Love the top hinged windows up high.
How do they operate(open and close)?

Coop itself is 8' x 8'?
More pics of inside the coop?

 

[Rldad1]

Gorgeous coop!! You can come to Alabama and build here any time you are ready, LOL!!

 

[berea]

Gorgeous coop!! You can come to Alabama and build here any time you are ready, LOL!!

Lol. Thank you for the nice compliment.

 

[berea]

Pretty Spiffy!!

Love the top hinged windows up high.
How do they operate(open and close)?

Coop itself is 8' x 8'?
More pics of inside the coop?

Thank you. I really was frustrated trying to figure out what I was going to do for windows. It would have been a fortune to have windows made. I had a picture in my mind of what I wanted them to look like, and there wasn't any chance of finding any old windows that size to fit. I don't really have any special saws other than a regular table saw and a miter saw, but one day I just grabbed some wood and tried making them on my table saw. It took a little practice, but they came out really nice. They are hinged from the top and stay closed with strong cabinet magnets behind them. I have 1/4 inch hardware cloth behind the windows and wooden slats that prop the windows open to 90 degrees in the summer. The windows look really nice open that way in the summer, but they stick out a few inches past the roof edge when they're open and collect the rain a bit. This makes a mess of them and I had to do some serious cleaning and repainting in the fall. I'm considering removing the windows entirely this summer during the hottest months. I have some trim work left to do inside the coop. When I get to that I'll post some inside pics. Thanks for your interest.

 

[aart]

They are hinged from the top and stay closed with strong cabinet magnets behind them. I have 1/4 inch hardware cloth behind the windows and wooden slats that prop the windows open to 90 degrees in the summer. The windows look really nice open that way in the summer, but they stick out a few inches past the roof edge when they're open and collect the rain a bit. This makes a mess of them and I had to do some serious cleaning and repainting in the fall. I'm considering removing the windows entirely this summer during the hottest months.

So you can reach them from the ground?


Oh, and, BTW....... Welcome to BYC! @berea
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[LaFleche]

Very impressive!

But what I like the most is the fact that you did not give up on it despite the setback of your ill health. Hope you get to enjoy it for many more years to come!