With a little help from my friends - New Coop Under Construction!

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Carl is gorgeous!!!

Is he an EE?

 

[Weiden Farm]

those are great pics - Carl stands tall and proud

 

[gryeyes]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

Carl is gorgeous!!!

Is he an EE?

Yup. He was my "accidental" roo in my first batch of "pullets." He's the father of my first GrandChick by Rebecca/EE, hatched by Buffy. And the father of Delilah Delaware's two daughters, hatched by Shirley Welsummer.

This is Red (I didn't name her), a rescue GLW given up by a friend's neighbor, with George Sebright in the picture. She didn't look that good when I got her...

Sister One and Sister Two of the Three Sister Lavender Orps, checking out the new coop construction.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Love those Lavender Orps, I am getting 2 pullets tomorrow....so excited!!

 

[gryeyes]

Delilah Delaware's Daughter1 by Carl, hatched and raised by Shirley Welsummer.

Delilah's Daughter2, also by Carl and raised by Shirley.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

You have beautiful birds Linda!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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These two have won my heart!

I love the Muffs on them girls!!!

 

[PhilErvin]

OK, I'm gonna tick off everyone here cause I am going to point out a serious flaw with this coop. I applaud the builder but I see something that he has overlooked and am surprised no one has noticed.
If you go back and look at the pictures you can clearly see that he has set the bottom plate in about 2 inches from the edge of the floor. Once he puts the exterior plywood on the wall it is going to still be about 1 1/2 inches from the edge of the floor. When it rains and the water runs down the wall it is going to soak the floor, it can't drain off so it will soak under the wall and into the coop floor which will rot.
He should have set the bottom plate flush with the edge of the floor. When he put the exterior plywood on the wall he would drop it down so that the water would drain down past the floor and would have a dry floor when it rains.
I personally would drop the exterior plywood down enough to cover all the wood and make up for the difference under the eves.
Otherwise he's done a good job.

 

[Cass]

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If it is painted, in their climate, it'll be ok. (I checked with my builder person and that's the verdict) Since the exterior wood isn't meant for outside weather, I am assuming they plan to paint...actually I vaguely recall references to "paint" by the owner of the building.

For my climate, you are right and that's how I plan to build mine.

 

[farmer_lew]

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By all means, if you want to put the flooring down inside and start decorating, go ahead! As for the door, we can hang a tarp on a rod if you want!