Women coop builders

[SunnyCalifornia]

Me! Me! I'm a woman coop builder!!!

All I have is a circular saw, and a drill, and a lot of ingenuity! The hardest part is the lifting and holding while screwing things together. That's where I really could have used a hand, and YES, take the time to use your safety glasses, and measure twice, predrilling holes helped a lot when dealing with awkward junctions.

Here's one I built pretty much by myself, DH helped me with the doors. I haven't finished painting it yet though, and the interior has been remodeled a bit.

 

[joneus]

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Thanks! My military wife mantras generally include, "It is what it is. You have to be independent, or you will lose your mind in a really boring way" "They cant keep him forever" and "Stupid Boat!" depending on the situation. For this project, my biggest obstacle so far is the cluttered pit that he loving refers to as "the garage." I cant find a darned thing in there! I've called him 3 times today for directions to find whatever tool (or battery charger... that, last I knew, was supposed to be in the HOUSE

) I needed at the time. Its a good thing he's not deployed right now, or he'd be coming home to a brand new set of hot pink power tools in a hand crafted locked cabinet!

 

[Kikiriki]

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Gorgeous! Will you come build me one?

Did you use fence, mesh or screen? Can't tell in the photo...

 

[Chucken]

I’ll second the suggestion on Building Chicken Coops for Dummies. I just started building a coop for my daughter and found the book to be invaluable. It has sections on how to use tools and basic construction, and has a few plans also.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Yes, I build all my own coops, chicken tractors and goat houses. I started on birdhouses and worked my way up, using power tools at age 12. I heard Purina has some easy coop plans on their site. Good luck!

 

[WitksChicks]

I designed (with much info from this site) and built my own coop, with minimal help from my husband. He wouldn't let me use the power circular saw, and do the heavy lifting (due a back injury I had years ago). Other than that, every nail, screw, etc. was put in my me.

Take a look at the outcome on my page.

 

[Amp]

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Thanks! My military wife mantras generally include, "It is what it is. You have to be independent, or you will lose your mind in a really boring way" "They cant keep him forever" and "Stupid Boat!" depending on the situation. For this project, my biggest obstacle so far is the cluttered pit that he loving refers to as "the garage." I cant find a darned thing in there! I've called him 3 times today for directions to find whatever tool (or battery charger... that, last I knew, was supposed to be in the HOUSE

) I needed at the time. Its a good thing he's not deployed right now, or he'd be coming home to a brand new set of hot pink power tools in a hand crafted locked cabinet!

I love those Mantras

I was very lucky and never stationed on a ship since I was mainly air side.

My husband has lot's of power tools so I just have to learn to use them. I've kind of got my blue print scribbled out and hope to start sometime this week. Thanks again everyone for the encouragement.

 

[Amp]

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LOVE it!

 

[Amp]

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Very nice!

 

[Wise Woman]

I haven't built anything yet, but I am about to start. It is easier than listening to my husband fuss and complain and swear. He hates building stuff and does not suffer in silence. Plus he never does it the way I want it because he can't figure out how to do it, refuses to ask for help or read a book on it, so he just does whatever. So I am taking matters into my own hands. If it ever stops raining and warms up, I will be starting on a chicken tractor to use as a transitional house for adolescent chickens and later in case I need to isolate or have someone go broody. I have several sets of plans and about 2 dozen pictures of various tractors and will figure it out somehow. I bought the paint today and will be painting all the wood prior to building it.

Once that is done, I will begin working on my coop. My husband thinks that we should just buy a resin shed and call it a day, but I have a vision and I want what I want. We have had chickens for 10 years now and all that time I have had to do things the way he wanted them, even though I take care of the chickens.

I am afraid of power tools so I asked him to show me how to use them. If he won't, I found some cute little tools at Sears today and I will just take some of his money and go buy myself a set of my own tools. I might not get far and have to hire some help, but I will be right in there working along side him.

Just be careful since you are expecting. I had twins 3 months early because I didn't take it easy during pregnancy. Good Luck.