Coop Construction

The Hen House

Today I spent the day working on the coop for the chickens. They will be using it before I know it so I wanted to get a lot done while the weather was good. I finished the roof outline and the floor for the hen house. I also put some of the screen on the far right side of the run and below the hen house floor. They can hang out under there when it's hot outside.

Tomorrow I need to do some more work on the roof and put more screen up. I think another trip to the lumber store is in my future. I am trying to use as much reclaimed material as possible. I am demolishing an old wood shed and there is a lot of usable material there so that's saving me some money.

I might also get around to adding some plywood to the hen house walls. There is still a lot do to before the girls can move in though. I need to make the egg boxes, two doors and a couple of windows too!