Monday, July 20, 2009

A coop for our 6 ladies!



Day 1 -
Mike and I were joined by 8 of our friends to help us build the chicken coop - and thank goodness they all wanted to help!!

Brian - master engineer
Marion - master chicken expert
Doug and Michael - master craftsmen
Becky - artistic expert
Ollie, Derek and Derek's friend - apprentice builders
Zhi and Lei - expert poultry wire staplers

Saturday included framing all the walls, stapling the poultry wire, adding the outer siding for the brooding box with egg gathering hatch and making the door. This took a total of about 12 hours!

Day 2 -
Brian was so excited about the 12 hours on Saturday that he voluntarily came back on Sunday!! Awesome! I don't think Mike and I could have finished on our own. Sunday included making and attaching the gables, framing the brooding box and placing the floor and the roof of the brooding box (the roof is the piece with CHKN cut into it for venting), making the nesting box and perches, putting on the roof of the coop, adding the trim on the brooding box, moving the coop to its final resting place and finally, bringing in the chickens...total of 10 hours (22 hours total)!

Here's a short video of how we moved it...kinda funny...I had the easy job, so I decided to try to look my best!! : )

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3 comments:

Unknown said...

OMG!!!! That looks like so much work!! If we ever get chickens, how much would it cost to hire out that expert crew? We would never every ounce of help and more!! But ooooo , I can taste those home grown eggs!!! I really like the CHKN airvents as well. Awesome Becky and Michael.

July 20, 2009 at 10:21 PM
LZZL said...

Awesome! The chicken coop looks great. Now we will see if your chickens can live up to the expectation. We want some fresh eggs now!

July 21, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Carol said...

WOW.. what great friends you have! Have fun with your girls... they look like they were outgrowing that box!! Love, Mom

July 22, 2009 at 8:49 AM

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