Got the boards for the floor frame of the coop proper salvaged and moved over to the coop construction zone; next I need to level the ground for cinderblock foundation and put down some sort of sand barrier so they don't sink into the ground. Then floor, flooring (I'm using linoleum under the bedding for ease of cleaning) wall and door frames, walls and doors, roosts, roof frame, roof sheathing, roofing, siding, paint, wire and temporary south and east wall shutters- temporary because I'm not sure until I get to that point where I'm putting the nesting boxes. Oh, and expando foam insulation in the west and north walls, rigid foam in the roof, and various vents. I'm looking for air-to-air heat exchange vents somewhere that's not my house windows for the permanent greenhouse shutters.
And somewhere here I've got ten rebar ground anchors that Dad made for me (because I can't cut rebar even though I have a random twenty foot chunk of the stuff bent into a pretzel). I want to anchor the floor frame to the ground through the cinderblock because while the coop is in the lee of the hill and it's being framed on 2X6s and will have 5/8 oriented strand board subfloor, well, I remember the Columbus Day storm quite vividly, and would prefer not to have to pick up even a little chicken coop.
Interior is going to be high white glossy enamel, exterior barn red, and I'm looking for a pattern for either a witch circle of a nice Celtic tree-of-life to put on the north and west walls.
I'm going to have to finish the run this week and move the tractor into it, but I haven't heard from Del's about my gate yet so that's not happening soon. I may have to stop the run and put an exit into the chicken tractor so I can free-range I&S, who are getting bored, bored, bored.
Edit: Oh, yeah, and silicon caulk on all the interior seams to deny tiny biters any place to hide.
