Today I had some time and was able to frame up the nest boxes. I plan to hing the top for daily egg retrieval. The vertical wall will also be hinged for easy cleaning of the nest boxes. The roof rafters are trimmed and installed also. … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
I had an hour or so of day light after work today and was able to stain & seal most of the coop frame. A new picture or two were added to the gallery. This weekend I hope to get the foundation leveled out and the coop set in place. … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
I spent a lot of time looking at various chicken coops and finally found one design which I think will work well in the tiny yard we have here. The design is called the Garden Coop, and they sell plans for a reasonable price on their site – http://www.thegardencoop.com/ Because I was still trying to convince myself to take the plunge, I didn’t order plans but drew up my own plans based on lots of pictures of other completed coops. This gave me time to run through the whole project in my mind until I was finally convinced it was a good idea. My final design has several modifications from the original garden coop design, but that is what is so great about the garden coop; it lends itself to modification. Not being even close to sane when it comes to things like this, I had to expand on … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
