My new Coop (still under construction) Pic Heavy

[Puresilk]

I got the half a circle frame from a guy that had it for a hog hut. It had rusty old tin on it, and was rusted and dirty. I wish I had taken pics of it before I took the tin off. Anyway, I have some nice white sheet metal I am gonna make a roof out of, and I am gonna paint the top half front and back white. I think I am gonna stain the wood trim on the sides and then seal it real good. The windows have hardware cloth in them, and the shutters over the windows have 1/8" plexi glass in them. I have to make a window to put in the back, but it is mostly done. I will take more pics as I get it closer to being finished. It is gonna be a little purtier than my other coop, lol....

P.S. You can see my next project in the background, lol...gonna make my wife a 3.5' x 4' coop for a trio of seremas she wants to get. I am not gonna leave it 6'3" tall, I am gonna chop it down to 2 foot walls with a gambrel roof, so it will match her bigger coop. Gonna paint it the same as her other coop, but I am gonna make half the roof hinge up to make it easier to access.

 

[HarryBun12]

That's a nice coop. And you must be a very nice husband to build a special coop for your wife's seramas. Once you start building it's hard to stop, isn't it?

 

[Puresilk]

Thank you, Lol, my wife knows she is loved. I built her an 8' x 8' coop (8' tall), I made myself a smaller coop out of a metal building that is 5'x6', I am currently building myself this coop, another 5'x6' and then I am gonna build her a 3.5'x4' coop for a few seramas...it is nice, I have always enjoyed building...

 

[skya328]

That looks great!

 

[Horsegeek101]

WOW! I've got to show my hubby! It's Beautious!

 

[lurky]

That is a very nice, and creative use of what you had to work with. I do not have the vision to see something out of nothing, and i love to see the things people create like that

 

[Puresilk]

Thanks

. I almost didnt bring it home, I was told it was clean, no rust or anything...the tubing that framed in the doorway was rusted nearly in half and the tin on the sides had a bunch of rust holes in it, it looked bad when I bought it, lol....but I got it for free so I cant complain...I am gonna try to get the roof on it today, along with the chicken door, and the back window, leaving only a couple nest boxes and a place to hang the feeders....and some paint....

 

[aalbury]

I love seeing the progression!

 

[Puresilk]

Here are some new pics...I gotta put the back window and screen in, finish the trim on front and back, and paint the upper half and that will be it....(other than a couple nest boxes and hanging feeders....

Here is our watchdog, Hades...he is a big help on construction, taking off with pieces of wood I am using, lol....

 

[BankerJohn]

you win! I wish I had seen this design before I built mine... wanna trade?