My Playhouse Coop is DONE!

[lrlt2000]

I finally finished repurposing my daughters' playhouse, and I'm pretty happy with it! Here are some pics. . .








I built both ladders and I've subsequently filled the entire ground inside the house with sand. I also added another 1" x 2" to the side of the perch that they are pictured standing on.

Also, here are some pictures of what I did on the outside perimeter, to prevent predators from digging under at the walls. . . I scoured Lowe's for something I could use. I came across heavy duty vinyl-coated metal gutter guard. It was perfect--there's a lip meant for clasping onto the gutter edge that I used to screw through and into the house. I then covered it all with mulch. The great thing about this playhouse is that it is hollow-walled, so any screw that I screwed into it did not penetrate the interior wall, keeping it water tight! I must have screwed over 100 screws into the thing for various things--from the hardware cloth to the perches, to the gutter guard, to the door lock.

 

[lrlt2000]

I would appreciate any tips or suggestions, as this is my first coop and first time having my girls outside! I'm still bringing them in at night, just because I can't let them go Last night, I was late in getting them in, and they were huddled in the corner on the ground in the sand ( Should I build them some type of enclosure up high that they can climb into to keep warm??