After looking at many many designs I picked the dutch henhouse. My awesome boyfriend is working on it, we didnt buy the plans he is making it from one picture so it probably wont be exactly the same as the original henhouse.
the big mess
^^^ thats where the nest boxes are going to be
^^^ inside the coop
******UPDATE*********
It has been raining here for the past few days and the wood expanded and bent (see last pic). We definatelly didnt expect that to happen. So now we plan on waiting till it dryes out and paint it with something. Not sure what yet. We have left over paint of some sort, heres a link http://www.valsparglobal.com/val/resident/mccloskey_sc_transparent.jsp
Would that be ok or is there something better we could/should use? Also for inside, we sealed the cracks with some kind of sealant, should we paint it as well? and if so which paint.
We plan on putting a small door/window above the nestboxes that will ahve hardware cloth on the inside for more air during summer. There is also going to be an opening on the side where we will put in a heat lamp for winter.
If you have any suggestions how to make this even better it would be appreciated.
As far as the chicken wire goes I told my bf that it should be hardware cloth but he insists it is going to be fine. I am not really sure as I've seen a fox in the forest behind our house few times
the big mess
^^^ thats where the nest boxes are going to be
^^^ inside the coop
******UPDATE*********
It has been raining here for the past few days and the wood expanded and bent (see last pic). We definatelly didnt expect that to happen. So now we plan on waiting till it dryes out and paint it with something. Not sure what yet. We have left over paint of some sort, heres a link http://www.valsparglobal.com/val/resident/mccloskey_sc_transparent.jsp
Would that be ok or is there something better we could/should use? Also for inside, we sealed the cracks with some kind of sealant, should we paint it as well? and if so which paint.
We plan on putting a small door/window above the nestboxes that will ahve hardware cloth on the inside for more air during summer. There is also going to be an opening on the side where we will put in a heat lamp for winter.
If you have any suggestions how to make this even better it would be appreciated.
As far as the chicken wire goes I told my bf that it should be hardware cloth but he insists it is going to be fine. I am not really sure as I've seen a fox in the forest behind our house few times
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