post your chicken coop pictures here!

[smcgill]

I had the same thoughts.
I used some 1" wood chamfer to keep the sand from falling thru the cracks.

 

[vehve]

@smcgill you might want to consider caulking the gaps, mites might hide in the cracks.

 

[smcgill]

Got 4"s of sand, so you can't even see that detail.

 

[Amberjem]

@smcgill you might want to consider caulking the gaps, mites might hide in the cracks.

I was going to chalk the cedar siding I have around the nest boxes to make it nice n snug I was wondering if there was a type of chalk that would be best to use?

Good morning all

 

[horseshubob]

Ready to build !!!

 

[Buckhowdy]

Pretty good start. Can't wait till I can move the girls out of the brooder (and my garage) and into this!

 

[bruceha2000]

Pretty good start. Can't wait till I can move the girls out of the brooder (and my garage) and into this!

Looks like it will be a very solid coop. Keep working, they grow FAST! While the brooder looks WAY too big when they are day olds, by 3 weeks they have outgrown it. We used the tub in the downstairs bathroom. We didn't use the tub ourselves anyway and it made it easy to keep the cats and the chicks separated plus EASY cleanup when they were moved out. After a few weeks they were getting up on the edge of the tub and by 4 weeks were hopping out, couldn't get back in of course. Good thing I finished the coop about that time!

 

[rockinitmd]

 

[Amberjem]

Looks like it will be a very solid coop. Keep working, they grow FAST! While the brooder looks WAY too big when they are day olds, by 3 weeks they have outgrown it. We used the tub in the downstairs bathroom. We didn't use the tub ourselves anyway and it made it easy to keep the cats and the chicks separated plus EASY cleanup when they were moved out. After a few weeks they were getting up on the edge of the tub and by 4 weeks were hopping out, couldn't get back in of course. Good thing I finished the coop about that time!

yep looks like the big bad wolf could huff and puff they wouldnt be getting no chickies

 

[MeepBeep]

I was going to chalk the cedar siding  I have around the nest boxes to make it nice n snug I was wondering if there was a type of chalk that would be best to use?

I spent several years full time residing cedar sided town homes (premature failure claim against the builder), I'm talking 100s upon 100s of them, two entire neighborhoods to be exact... The association that we worked for did a lot of research and mandated we use Vulkem 116 caulk and I can say it's probably one of the best siding and even concrete caulks I have ever used... I have since used it myself anytime I need a solid all purpose weather resistant exterior caulk...

Be careful with it though, wear gloves and clothes you don't care about as it won't come out of your clothes and it's beyond a pain to get of your skin, use a WD-40 soaked rag to remove it from your skin...