The neverending coop project. *Update - IT'S DONE!!!!!!*

[chickee]

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VERY NICE! Making good progress

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Amen, sister! My husband is a residential framing carpenter who is super nit picky, so our construction process took twice as long and cost 4 times as much because he did everything by the book, and because he didn't want to use recycled materials. (I probably have the only chicken house in Angelina County with studs on 18" centers!)

But I can't complain because he did most of the backbreaking work. (Of course, residential construction is very slow right now, so he had plenty of time on his hands. Anyone need a husband for hire??

) Plus I'm totally thrilled with the outcome.

New2chooks, your coop is coming along great!! Can't wait for the finished product!!

Rachel

I can so relate. My coop is built like a house. Even has hurricane straps. And my studs are 16 inches on center.

I'd love to see pics of your coop!

 

[The Sheriff]

Looks great Kelly! Love the color. I hope you are taking today off with the heat we are expecting. You may beat Lukka yet!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Nope, not working on it in this heat. 109 here yesterday, yuck! We'll be doing the roof this weekend when it cools down.

I saw on the news last night that San Francisco was in the 90's yesterday. That's unheard of for the coast to be that hot.

 

[Pineywoods Peepers]

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LOL No hurricane straps here, but we are a couple hundred miles inland, so it's not code.

I'm working on my BYC page, but that's coming along more slowly than the coop did. Here is the link to my pics on Photobucket http://s675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/rlkennerly/Coop/

Once we got the peepers in two weeks ago we took a bit of a breather, so there's still some projects left before it's completely finished. We still need to put a second coat of paint on the trim, put the cover over the ventilation fan, build the broody hen pen, put the countertop, sink, and shelves in the storage area, bend the hardware cloth at a 90 degree angle off the fence, touch up some paint in the interior, hang the flashing over the people and pop doors, and build roosts for the peepers. I'm hoping to start whittling away at that list this weekend. And I'm also hoping it's not 100 degrees + outside while we're doing it.

Rachel

 

[Happy Chooks]

It looks great!

As for the hurricane straps, when was the last time you heard of a hurricane hitting CA? Add to tha we are 2 hours inland. But we do get really strong winds with our winter storms.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Okay, here's some updated pics.

The roof is now done. I'm still terrified of heights, but I managed to hoof it up and down the ladder.

The lodge poles are sunk in concrete for the run. The run will be 20 ft wide and 50 ft long.

All the vents are covered in hardware cloth. If a raccoon can scale concrete siding and then manage to get through this, then he's a super raccoon.

This weekend my husband will work on the fencing, while I'm working on building the door and starting the framing/shelves for the brooder area. If I get done with that, I'll begin building the nesting boxes.

I'm so overloaded with stuff to do, that I'm really stressing about getting this done. I've been canning, gardening, building, and there's just not enough time in the day. I can't even sleep anymore.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I have no idea why those are posting sideways. I rotated them in photobucket.

 

[Pineywoods Peepers]

It looks awesome! I can't believe you're doing all the work by yourself. I believe you've inspired me to try to build a coop on my own. I'll need a separate coop for my October peeps when they're big enough, and I think I'd be hard pressed to get my hubby to build it...

I guess it must've cooled off a bit there. It finally has here - at least in the mornings. Afternoons are still pretty toasty, but it finally doesn't feel like a sauna outside at 7:00 a.m.

Rachel

 

[Happy Chooks]

Thanks, although I don't know if I will ever do this again. It is a big frustration, but will be a big reward when it's done. And it's sooooo close to being finished. I just have to work hard to finish it, even though I'm beat.