Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The Girls - Building of the Coop

So, we started building the chicken coop in the back part of the back yard. I had already designed the coop for the 12 chickens we were suppose to have... then had to redesign for the 20-ish we have right now. (We will be giving some of them away to reduce our flock to about 18 hens.) The coop is six by eight feet. About a foot off the ground. Four feet tall on the sides.... I am still figuring out what to do with the roof.

That's Dolce on the front side of the coop... she can't wait until the chickens are outside!


We framed the floor and sides of the coop. The nesting boxes will be on the back side of the coop.


The roof adds another 2 feet to the height of the coop. We used a smoked plastic for the roof, so the girls would have a view of the sky all of the time. Putting up the roof took forever and was rather difficult, but we are very happy with it now.


The roosting area (where the girls will sleep) will be over the mesh - apparently chickens poop a lot when they sleep. The poop will fall through the mesh (thus, not in the chicken coop) and we can use it for compost later.

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