ihatedarkroast
Songster
Just wanted to share/brag on my husband who took two months to build this during his afternoons after getting off work. Half of it was built in the dark while wearing a headlamp. He got the pallets, posts, and lumber free from the city landfill/dump site. The fencing and tin roof was leftover materials from a shed teardown and a garden from 10 years ago. He made the doors out of plywood and fencing. The only thing we purchased new were latches, hinges, nails, and roofing sealant. He also built 4 huge nesting boxes inside, and 3 larger perches as well. But it's kinda dark in there so hard to get a good picture. The coop has two windows covered in hardware cloth, but no installed lighting.
We have 5 hens, 1 rooster, and 5 chicks about 2 months old. They are extremely pleased with the upgrade in their accommodations. We had a pre-fab coop I bought off Amazon before. It was too small and difficult to clean, and kept breaking even though it was brand new. I think the new coop will last some time. I'm going to paint or poly the wood at some point since it's not treated lumber. I mean, it's never gonna be pretty. But it's doing a pretty good job keeping out our giant chicken-eating dog, and the chickens like it so, it's good enough for me. The best thing is that we don't have to break our backs bending down to get in and out. Posts are 8'!
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