I am building my wife a coop. She has always wanted chickens. I bought her 6 chicks on her birthday. Now, they are living in a brooder in the kitchen.
We went around and round. Finally, she selected a coop. It is basically a cross between three coops in the Backyard Chickens book ("Feather Factory, Kathryn's Playhouse, and Cooke's Walk-in Coop). It is probably closest to Cooke's coop.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mikecnorthwests-chicken-coop
We have 6 chicks. I wanted the coop to be big enough. The hen house will be 4' x 6'. The run will be be 6' x 10'. That should be plenty of space.
I decided to buy a new tool for the job. That is half the fun of a new project: buying new tools. I bought the Kreg joiner recommended by Cooke's coop. It was a good purchase and helped things go pretty quickly.
Here is the first wall with my helpers...
Here is the final frame. Not too bad for one day's work:
We went around and round. Finally, she selected a coop. It is basically a cross between three coops in the Backyard Chickens book ("Feather Factory, Kathryn's Playhouse, and Cooke's Walk-in Coop). It is probably closest to Cooke's coop.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mikecnorthwests-chicken-coop
We have 6 chicks. I wanted the coop to be big enough. The hen house will be 4' x 6'. The run will be be 6' x 10'. That should be plenty of space.
I decided to buy a new tool for the job. That is half the fun of a new project: buying new tools. I bought the Kreg joiner recommended by Cooke's coop. It was a good purchase and helped things go pretty quickly.
Here is the first wall with my helpers...
Here is the final frame. Not too bad for one day's work:
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