(Project Started! on page 2!) Ideal Placement for new backyard coop

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View from the main yard. I'm really happy about the aesthetics - even before we paint it.


After some more siding was installed..


The inside, which is still an eyesore for now. Notice that we stopped the siding just short of covering the bricks which actually turned out to be great built-in ventilation. The breeze just flows right through.. and will eventually be covered with some hardware cloth.
 
dsfrango said:
Have you considered leaving the floor sand/dirt/shavings. If they wont be free ranging all the time it will give them more opportunity to dust themselves. But make sure the wall is buried in the ground deep enough nothing can dig under. The raised roof looks good height:) That really was a lucky structure to have there rather than starting from ground up. Have you figured out the roofing material your gonna use? Kinda hard to see from the pic but it does look slanted still which is very good...I would actually recommend using some kind of tin flashing over ply wood rather then shingles. Its very light and reflective in that hot weather.

Im excited to see how it turns out!:)
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Thank you!

We might leave the floor sand - mostly because it's easier and because the monsters-formerly-known-as-baby-chickens have been fluttering out of their 2ft high box (I am not totally convinced they are only 2-3 weeks old)... which puts a strain on getting this done, done, done. The chickens will have a ~15 foot run that extends right of the raised structure. Right now, it's sheltering our firewood and serving as a backdrop for my archery stuff, so it's difficult to see. There will be an inner door perpendicular to the outer door, and hopefully some sort of pulley so that we can open a small chicken-sized door so they can enter their run. They'll still have quite a lot of space despite being locked up in chicken jail. Maybe it's a federal prison?

I agree that it's lucky it was there - it did save us some money on materials, for sure. Didn't feel that way about it when we moved in though - was trying to get my husband to rip it out :P Glad he never did :P

The roof of what will become the run is covered in shingles (same as the ones we tore off to raise the roof on the chicken house) so that's what we will use for the new part. If we do it right (fingers crossed) then the chicken house will look like it was built that way to begin with (from the outside, anyway :) )
 


Roof - Done. We used shingles that match the existing roof over the run. Paint - eh.. started :P I matched the paint on the main house. There will eventually be cutouts for the nest boxes and we're discussing windows (it's awful dark in there. Next - clearing the firewood out from under the run and enclosing the area in hardware cloth.

 
This will be the final round of "progress" photos because this coop is nearly finished. We estimate it'll be done by Sunday
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Almost done. What's left to do: Bird boards, more hardware cloth in smaller spaces, roosts, interior door, hanging the feeder/waterer, etc. There is nothing to prevent a burrowing animal from digging under the hardware cloth so my husband says he is going to pound some rebar as a deterrent.



The interior of the coop got some touch-up paint.



This is one of my favorite features and I think I might add a roost up here.



The location up for consideration but ultimately rejected was cleaned out :)
 
KathyJB said:
Awww wWWWWW. not a ferret! Where on earth did they find a ferret?
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The neighbors had a number of them as pets, and they (for some reason) liked to enter our house through the dog door. One didn't make it... and one was rescued by us before something happened to him. The neighbors must have kept them more secure because we never had another problem after the second incident.

Cute things, ferrets. The one we rescued from the dogs was so sweet and tame!
 

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After


We still have some other projects to do, related to the chickens - including an automatic waterer.. but as far as I'm concerned, the coop is done and the chickens will live there instead of my garage.

Unfortunately, now my husband wants to fill the empty brooder box with more chicks.
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That turned out great!! Glad to see you continued to supply us with updates!:)
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Now sit back and enjoy your completed project! Hopefully no mods have to be done but quite often you find just small glitches which usually are easy fixes.....
 

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