After a couple of months of trying to come up with a design and borrowing ideas from some of the great coops here on BYC, we finally started construction on our coop this past weekend.
What started out as an 8 x 12 shed type coop, was modified at the last minute to become a 12 x 12, due to the great deal with found on lumber and siding.
As of Tuesday, we had the floor and the framing for 3 walls up. Now we have rain, so it looks we won't get to work again until this weekend (keeping my fingers crossed)!
The final product will be a 12 x 12 shed type coop with a 12 x 16 foot run (completely enclosed to keep out critters and birds of prey).
It will house our 7 pullets- 1 barred rock, 2 white rocks, 2 golden comets, and 2 easter eggers, as well as our 2 silkies, 2 golden sebrights and 2 white crested polish. I'd also like to add a couple more easter eggers, and maybe a couple of cuckoo marans, and some blue/black/splash silkies to the mix.
We may block off a section for storage (or the pygmy goats that I'm trying to convince my husband we need next!). We'll see how it goes!
I'll add more pics to my page as we go!
Kim
What started out as an 8 x 12 shed type coop, was modified at the last minute to become a 12 x 12, due to the great deal with found on lumber and siding.
As of Tuesday, we had the floor and the framing for 3 walls up. Now we have rain, so it looks we won't get to work again until this weekend (keeping my fingers crossed)!
The final product will be a 12 x 12 shed type coop with a 12 x 16 foot run (completely enclosed to keep out critters and birds of prey).
It will house our 7 pullets- 1 barred rock, 2 white rocks, 2 golden comets, and 2 easter eggers, as well as our 2 silkies, 2 golden sebrights and 2 white crested polish. I'd also like to add a couple more easter eggers, and maybe a couple of cuckoo marans, and some blue/black/splash silkies to the mix.
We may block off a section for storage (or the pygmy goats that I'm trying to convince my husband we need next!). We'll see how it goes!
I'll add more pics to my page as we go!
Kim
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