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- Dec 11, 2013
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Hi there guys,
I have not been working at full speed over the holidays, but I am making some progress slowly, surely.

This is how I treated the two exterior coop walls. Insulation, then vapor barrier. Then I had to frame it out with 2X4 just to make it work with the way the internal stable walls were framed out. On top of that, the tight 1/4" hardware cloth. Then salvage barn boards as the final inside finish, as you can see started in the photo below.


For now I have these internal walls framed out like the other stalls in the barn. Those are rough hewn 2X6 boards that are just laying in place. My intention is to insert the laying boxes after the third row, so about 18" off the floor. Whatever gap is left over, about 12" to the top, will be filled with hardware cloth.
As some people asked above: there is electricity in this building, yes. So any needed heat lamps or whatever will be no problem. There is also a well here in the barn, so carrying water to the chickens is gonna be no biggie at all.
I have not been working at full speed over the holidays, but I am making some progress slowly, surely.
This is how I treated the two exterior coop walls. Insulation, then vapor barrier. Then I had to frame it out with 2X4 just to make it work with the way the internal stable walls were framed out. On top of that, the tight 1/4" hardware cloth. Then salvage barn boards as the final inside finish, as you can see started in the photo below.
For now I have these internal walls framed out like the other stalls in the barn. Those are rough hewn 2X6 boards that are just laying in place. My intention is to insert the laying boxes after the third row, so about 18" off the floor. Whatever gap is left over, about 12" to the top, will be filled with hardware cloth.
As some people asked above: there is electricity in this building, yes. So any needed heat lamps or whatever will be no problem. There is also a well here in the barn, so carrying water to the chickens is gonna be no biggie at all.