Starting construction on coop today *NOW WITH A RUN!*

[mrbstephens]

I've received great advice here on BYC on coop construction! My dh will be starting to build for my 7 chickens today! He's a cabinetmaker and a very skilled woodworker.

I can't wait to see how it turns out! Will post pics of the progress.

 

[chickflick]

Can't wait to see! Since he's a skilled woodworker, you know he's got to make something awesome now!!

It can't just be any plain jane coop!

 

[jhfields]

It's a great experience, there are some guides online that can help, hope everything goes great.

 

[SimplyForties]

Can't wait to see it, I'm sure it will be beautiful!

 

[mrbstephens]

In 8 hours, this is what my dh built all by himself. I'm so proud!

Sorry my daughter insisted on being in every picture.

He spent $90 on 2x4s and 3 sheets of plywood and used a lot of free material off of pallets from work. Still needs to make the doors and windows and the nesting boxes and roost and baton down the hatches with that hardware cloth. Then some paint and then we'll work on the run.

 

[SimplyForties]

Looking good!

 

[briana1975]

Looks really good so far.

 

[CityChook]

Very nice. Man, he got A LOT done in only 8 hours. Our coop took 13, yes, 13 weeks to build. All last summer....

 

[davidkjh]

Maybe a dumb question, but why is the roof slant toward the inside and not the backside?

 

[augustmomx2]

That's a nice looking coop, esp since it only cost $90

I'm wanting my dh to build something similar...I'll be waiting for additional pics, thanks for sharing!