Working in insurance defense I have learned more about construction than I ever thought I would. Through a giant arbitration I have learned about flashing, settlement, and a bit about structural design. Even so I would never have attempted to build something for any living thing to live in, but Peter had other ideas. He found a design for a chicken coop and proceeded to make changes to it until it resembled a chicken Ramada Inn. Below are the photographs of us turning a pile of wood that barely fit into our little car into a home for our chickens (this coop could hold 20 chickens according to most chicken owners, so our girls have plenty of room, even compared to chickens producing "free range" eggs).
Original pile of wood
Building the walls
Putting on the legs
The outline of our coop
Cutting out the egg collector
Adding the floor
And the wheel
Putting on the roof
Putting tar on the roof
Putting the roof on
Putting the door on
With the doors on
See how big it is!
And its done!
The end result is a large, safe and comfortable coop, with plenty of space for our girls. Most free range chickens have significantly less space, and the door to their coop is only open for a short period. In contrast, ours have more space than they know what to do with, and are able to go eat bugs and grass all day long.
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