I couldn't take today off to work on the coop, so Linda worked on it alone. After emptying 'two bathtubs' worth of rain' from the tarp with a bucket & rope, she installed two of the windows (the only two that are actually real windows w/ panes and glass). We'll put trim around them for aesthetics, and to cover the gaps.
Two of the roof rafters are built. We have to build two more, get them up, then cover with plywood, tarpaper and shingles. Then we lay down vinyl flooring, paint the coop, and get a pen set up. Chickens can move in then, and we'll have a week or two to get the rest of the fencing up so they can free range (I know, 'fenced free-range' sounds like an oxymoron, but we'll be fencing more than 1/3 of an acre for 6 hens, and it will include both open grassy area and shrubby underbrush. So we're quite comfortable calling them free range). I'm soooo hoping we can get the roof rafters and plywood up this weekend....
7 comments:
Impressive.....and those chickens are some lucky hens to have you two caring for them. Good luck with the roof! I truly am envious, and very admiring of your work.
Wow, what a nice looking coop. I have wanted chickens for two years now. I am hoping my husband will build me one this summer. Good luck with the project!
That is gorgeous--looks like a guest house. Lucky chickens! 1/3 of an acre is so free-range. That's a lot of fence!
Really looks good. I would never attempt something like that. That kind of stuff is really, really hard. Bravo...
Well this is just fabulous!! GREAT job!!
Rain
I love the henny penny house. good job. there is hard work involved with farming and barnyard critters.
You gals rock!!! Great job...and I consider a chicken who can get out and move around in an area that size a free ranger...that is about the size of where my girls roam...they aren't fenced but they are more than happy...:) I find they are sticking pretty close to their home anyway...
You will have some happy girls...:)
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