Steadfast's 1st Coop (Ton's of Photos)

[tiffanyg2]

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Bahaha~ They will be on standby I'm so head strong~ it just so natural for a girl to be unruley! I need to do some bargain shopping I want to find the windows and vents first before I complete the design.

Ooooh well.... Can't say I didn't warn you...

I started out all macho too...
by the end of my second day,
I was whinning for help like a nine year old nerd who had suffered a bully's wedgy.

This is some HARD labor... it is unforgiving and brutal slow....
you will see... buy a lot of beer and frozen pizza to bribe your friends with...
or suffer the wrath of the coop...alone!

OK I heed your warning~ I can make it a family thing... I could do some of the pre-work my self and then call them in for the heavy duty stuff! I'm glad your suffering is now over~ and you can enjoy them expensive eggs!!!

 

[misslady]

What a great way to recycle something that would have otherwise gone unused! Looks great!!

 

[Steadfast]

The white one is a store bought "large grade A". The brown ones are our chicken's eggs.

Gee... which one is store bought?

You know that omelet cost me $800.00 to make?
$1000 for the coop, divided by 5 eggs so far, 4 eggs used in the process.

It was such an "oppulant moment"
that I cut it in half and gave my wife the other
so she too could eat a $400 breakfast this morning!

 

[flowergirl60]

Nice.

 

[ll]

eggcellent comparison photo!

 

[butterflywings]

I love watching your progress! And seeing your $$$$ eggs being cooked up. I'm planning my coop right now - wish I had the playset to start from.

Enjoy those chickens!

 

[jjfab]

Looks great. What kind of shingles did you use?

 

[Steadfast]

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I used "ondura"...
I hand cut out, and shaped the shingles on the nesting boxes, from an "ondura" roof cap strip.
Just like the one on the top of my coop's tower roof...


BTW:
This evening, I finished the tower's shutters!

The wooden pegs holding up the shutters are simply this... nothing more.
That way, if there is a heavy wind, storm, or critter rattling the shutters,
The pegs will simply fall out onto the ground and the shutters will drop flat and closed,
Provinding protection, warmth, and a dry coop automatically!

Next, I install a 2X4 "leaning rail" around the chicken run at a 4ft hight, for better structure and chicken wire reinforcement.
After that, wood stain, carpenter's clothe over the roof triangle, and then a small slidding door to secure the inner coop chicken entrance to protect agaist winter weather and night time animal assualts... THEN I should be "DONE"...

 

[Steadfast]

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[Thatchickenguy]

CHICKEN CONDO! Very nice : ]