That's what DH calls the coop he built for my chicks this week. He started on Monday and they moved in tonight. I'm posting a lot of pics in this thread showing coop progress. It is basically done, just needs painted its final color (to be determined.) It is 4 x 6 including the nest boxes. It has 2 windows, a door for maintenance and a chicken door. 1st pic is of the bare framework.
2nd Day, part of the siding is on and door and window cutouts done.
Nest box end.
Day 3, started painting (primer coat.)
Installed vinyl flooring.
Day 4, Worked on the roof. He used some old tin roofing we had. I'm not even sure where we got it. Here he's cutting the joists.
Day 5, roof is finished.
Working on nest box dividers
Installed the roost.
Installed trim and chicken door. And more painting.
Finished the maintenance door.
Day 6, more painting. Worked on the nest box lid.
Hung the feeder and waterer. Did a lot of touch up painting. Stapled screening under the eaves.
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Day 7, Coop complete, time for the big move.
Tote that barge, lift that bale (oops, the bale comes later.)
Hmm, this flat part isn't too bad. The wheels aren't flat are they?
Hope it doesn't get away from us on this slope. When are you going to install a real hitch?
Where do you want this thing?
This is where its going to stay, you hear me?
Ramp is installed. Tomorrow DH starts on the run!
Got straw from HD and they settled right in.
Beautiful!! I can just hear the discussion during that operation;) priceless!!
I think they like it!
Thanks grow. Moving it was a real challenge, but DS and DH got it done with minimal cussing.
DH just said he needs a John Deere tractor so he can move it wherever I want. And I'm actually considering it!
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Beclu I love it!!! What a wonderful tractor looks like a chicken mansion (better not let my chickens see this or i will have a mutiny on my hands)
I may have to come up your way and see that in person LOL
You're welcome to come anytime Harmony. I'm not sure how often it will be moved. The run will be more portable and I just may move it and leave the coop where it is.
Thanks Taynors. DH is the carpenter. That garage door behind the coop in the pictures leads to his workshop (30x38 ft.) He took a week off from building my new kitchen cabinets to do the coop.
Superb!!! Not only is he a great carpenter, but also a skilled diplomat. (I'll move it when ever and where ever with that new tractor darling.) I must speak with that man. LOL Great job. Haystack
"my chickens will go on strike if they see that fancy flooring LOL "
Too funny! I have the same flooring in my new Chicken Palace. It's now under shavings, but they are trying to scratch it up, anyway....
I put in a 4 inch layer of straw and so far they haven't scratched down to the flooring. This morning when I went out to check on them, they were all on the roost and looked at me like "What do you want, we're resting, leave us alone." Its sure nice to have the bigger feeder and waterer. I don't have to worry about them running out.
Fantastic thread! Amazing coop! Congratulations! Cracked me up about them giving you "the look" LOL I'm happy for you.
Wonderful coop. What a great DH (and DS) you have. I say yeah on the John Deere!
Thanks ZZ and Gwendalou. They aren't giving me "the look" this afternoon. Its 90 degrees in the coop and they all have their beaks open. I can't let them out, no run yet. And they do run away very fast. I put a fan in there and am giving fresh water every few hours. I'm sure they will survive, but I worry. The coop will be shaded again in about an hour.
Beclu a little helpful info on the heat a good way too cool down your coop is to periodically spray the top down with cool water from the hose.
Just use your hose end and let it fall down on the top like a cooling rain would do.
When it gets up to 100 i have a sprinkler on a tall pole it will reach all my coops and cages i turn it on and let it run 30 minutes at a time.
It gets real hot here around 2 to 5 in the afternoon and that when i use mine
I haven't used it yet this year all my coops and pens are under large oak trees but by end of july i suspect i will be.
Thanks Harmony. Looks like I'll need to do that this week with it going up to 95. So glad the watering restrictions have been lessened. Still odd/even days. But I guess I could say I was watering food... LOL.
Your Welcome :o)
Ha Ha Yea you could say you are just watering your food LOL
