We had dinner with some friends who are genuine farm-folk and they were rolling their eyes at me talking about how we are planning names for our chickens, and how we're going to keep them even beyond their egg-laying years.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Chicken Coop Construction
Here is the coop so far. We ended up taking a few weekends off due to family and work commitments, but we'll get back to it soon enough. The next steps are to install the roofing panels and build the hen house area with the nesting boxes. I'm hoping that once that part is complete, we'll be able to order our chicks. We can keep the brooding box in the hen house until the chicks are old enough to be in the coop, and until we get the whole coop enclosed in hardware cloth.
We had dinner with some friends who are genuine farm-folk and they were rolling their eyes at me talking about how we are planning names for our chickens, and how we're going to keep them even beyond their egg-laying years.
We had dinner with some friends who are genuine farm-folk and they were rolling their eyes at me talking about how we are planning names for our chickens, and how we're going to keep them even beyond their egg-laying years.
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This is so awesome. What are the cinder blocks under the base for?
ReplyDeleteI can't take credit for any of it except finding the design and holding a few things up here and there. Jay has been such a sweeetheart building it for us. The hardware cloth has to be buried under the ground to prevent digging predators from getting in. The cinder blocks keep the bottom edge of the coop from coming into contact with the ground and rotting (can't use pressure treated wood with animals) He'll dig trenches between the cinder blocks, and bury the hardware cloth.
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