Our First Coop - Opinions? - New Pics Post 27

[lebentier]

it looks great. what color will you paint it?

 

[dbounds10]

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They are not my building skills! If I had to do it, they would be living in a cardboard box!

My brother in law is doing it

 

[mcf3kids]

How exciting - it is coming along great!!

You will have a coop that every chicken would want to live in!! Have fun with them!

 

[dbounds10]

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It will be painted with Valspar Barn and Fence Paint - Red with White Trim, then I plan to stencil all their names on it. We are also thinking of have a full scale Fog Horn Leghorn painted on the side

 

[dbounds10]

Another long day of coop building. Here is what we got done today:

The under side of the roof is now painted.

Pop door is cut in (i'm gonna make it bigger and put in an auto door...and I tried a little of the paint to see what it will look like.

The back wall is up with the window and nest boxes framed in.

Window Framed in

Hinges on the nest box.

Legs Braced up.

Top door that will be covered in hardware cloth and can be closed in winter (there is another door just like this on the other side).

Bottom door for clean out (there is another doo just like this on the other side).

Both doors closed down. These doors are all "lipped" from the inside to seal when latched.

Tomorrow we start PAINTING! Almost Done!

 

[macadam8157]

Looking spiffy, keep up the good work! Can't wait to see it finished.

 

[dbounds10]

Ok - soooooo close I can taste it!. We got it moved from the shop to the yard, got the sand spread out and the kennel moved to where we want it. Please ignore the tarp, we have not gotten the roof shingled and it is raining here so we had to tarp it. This weekend we shingle, attach the coop to the kennel, put all the hardware cloth on the kennel and put the top on the kennel. I am praying the girls will be in there by Sunday.

Painted

installed the auto door

moved all the sand to the run (DH only ran into the fence twice...next project, new fence)

Getting this thing in semi place was a huge deal, it was built in my brother in laws shop about 4 blocks from here and weighs in at about 500lbs without the roof on it. Had to move that seperate but we finally got it down here in the back of the truck!