Hey all, I am starting my coop tomorrow, and after years of reading all your progress threads, your oops threads, looking at pics of your coops and more I am so excited and VERY nervous. I thought maybe I could write down my process so if you saw any glaring holes I could get your feedback sooner than later
Thanks if you have advice or support or a little pep talk for me, I'm not the world's best builder and obviously haven't built a coop before 
So, I thought I'd go at it in this order, having talked to a friend of ours who is a carpenter. He doesn't build coops though so I'm all ears...
1) clear out the area meant for the coop
2) level the ground in the area
3) cover the area with a tarp to dry out a bit (I live in Vancouver so in a constant torrential downpour)
4) dig out apron (if I choose to go that route, or maybe just a bit for a more horizontal apron)
5) build the roof trusses (Rob told me it was my best bet to build them first as it's easier to futz with getting the walls to fit the trusses than getting the trusses to fit the walls)
6) build walls (on the ground, all four)
7) dig out holes for foundation blocks and fill with gravel, place foundation blocks on gravel
8) Place walls and tie in
9) place roof trusses
10) lay apron and staple to bottom plate of walls
11) Build out coop (floor, walls, windows and doors, nesting boxes, lino on floor, roosts)
12) Build out run (hardware cloth walls, hang screen door with hardware cloth, perches
13) tar paper and shingle roof
14) amenities (feeder, waterer etc)
feel free to point out major or minor errors in my thinking!! thanks
PS also, please wish me good luck with the weather, I have no desire to work in freezing rain, but this week is my only chance to build for months


So, I thought I'd go at it in this order, having talked to a friend of ours who is a carpenter. He doesn't build coops though so I'm all ears...
1) clear out the area meant for the coop
2) level the ground in the area
3) cover the area with a tarp to dry out a bit (I live in Vancouver so in a constant torrential downpour)
4) dig out apron (if I choose to go that route, or maybe just a bit for a more horizontal apron)
5) build the roof trusses (Rob told me it was my best bet to build them first as it's easier to futz with getting the walls to fit the trusses than getting the trusses to fit the walls)
6) build walls (on the ground, all four)
7) dig out holes for foundation blocks and fill with gravel, place foundation blocks on gravel
8) Place walls and tie in
9) place roof trusses
10) lay apron and staple to bottom plate of walls
11) Build out coop (floor, walls, windows and doors, nesting boxes, lino on floor, roosts)
12) Build out run (hardware cloth walls, hang screen door with hardware cloth, perches
13) tar paper and shingle roof
14) amenities (feeder, waterer etc)
feel free to point out major or minor errors in my thinking!! thanks

PS also, please wish me good luck with the weather, I have no desire to work in freezing rain, but this week is my only chance to build for months