Work in progress

[Littlelisa77]

Just the roof and mesh for the windows to go on then its ready for paint ! That will be tomorrow's project

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Cut, Deffidently needs to be bigger.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

How many chickens do you have? Your location is needed to determine any climate related issues. How is the predator population? These are important questions to address when building housing for your birds.

 

[Littlelisa77]

Change of plans lol decided to just build a bigger coop and use this one for chicks/isolation coop

 

[Littlelisa77]

Is a 5x5 coop not big enough for 3 ? The run is not included in this measurement

 

[Littlelisa77]

There will be no heat lamps going in my coop .. not risking it . And chicken math is the reason i am NOT going bigger lol. This way i know my limits and if in the future i want to add on to the coop i will take the time and plan it out . My area is sold out everything other than 2 inch chicken wire so that is what is on the run until they get stock back in but the birds are not in it unsupervised EVER . Thank you for you input

 

[Littlelisa77]

Progress pics... I am having a friend do the building lol I will do the finishing touches to make this little hen house a home There will be a window in the front beside the door and one in the vack as well. The chicken door will be on the side wall and will be on a pulley system. More pics to come over the next few days

 

[aart]

Looks like a decent start.
Hope you're gonna put those rafters on edge for good soffit venting.
What is that huge framework leaning against the shed?

 

[Littlelisa77]

Todays progress... a few more cut outs for the chicken door , vents and front window and the roof to go on , then paint and we are good to go

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Looks great to me. You said this is a 5 ft by 5 ft? It looks large enough for you to walk into for cleaning. That is so helpful. It's a larger version of the mini coop I built for my littles. My rooster will be moving in as soon as the littles are integrated with the old hens.