The start of our new chicken coop and run!!!

[noahsmom]

I know you'll probably paint but I have to say that love how the reclaimed lumber looks.

Agreed! Love the look of the recalimed wood too!

My husband got off work early yesterday and finished the roost, and we got everything moved, including the chickens! Corn works wonders to get them to go where you want them!!!!!!We built it on a higher part of the property so that water won't just sit there in the coop

Wow you guys did a fantastic job, I wish my S.O. would get to work this quickly hehe..

Thank you! That's for sure! We left a gap at the top of the wall for ventilation, we will also add a partial door, to help to keep the wind off of them! Here is a couple of pics of them in their new coop after dark, and my son petting one

Aww, I love these last two pictures, that's great they are friendly with your son. I hope our chickens will be friendly as well.

 

[jphendrix]

Thank you!!!! We are going to paint it red! If I wasn't worried about protecting the wood, I wouldn't paint, but it is what it is!

My husband called me a slave driver LOL!!!!! We just needed it done at quickly as possible, my oldest baby chicks will need to go into the old pen really soon!!!!! I have chicks that are getting out of the brooder, and i need them to go into the one that does have a lid!!! They grow so fast!!!!!
When the chickens are sleeping they let my son pet them but when they are up they run as fast as they can because he likes to catch them LOL!

 

[jphendrix]

I have decided to name my new coop The Happy Chicken House!!!

 

[Sablemama]

Hi did you use use wood for the floor too? Couldn't quite tell from the pictures. Just wondering. Great coop!

 

[res]

OK, now I feel badly about teasing my husband for overbuilding our coop. 4x4s?! Is he using hurricane straps, too?

Well, ours is built with 6x6's, hurricane straps, and 26g metal roofing. It's not going anywhere!

 

[jphendrix]

Hi did you use use wood for the floor too? Couldn't quite tell from the pictures. Just wondering. Great coop!

no, it is a dirt floor! We are going to put a poop board under the roost so that clean up will be easier!

 

[jphendrix]

Well, ours is built with 6x6's, hurricane straps, and 26g metal roofing. It's not going anywhere!