Monday, August 22, 2011

Weekend Coop Progress

We spent another full Saturday working on our new coop. This time, the weather was not near as kind. We reached record highs around 107 and the sun never saw a cloud. Not the whole day. It was brutal hot! But, despite that, we made some good progress on the coop.

Start of the day: inside ramp built and installed.

Front installed

Measuring for the trim on the front doors.

Isabel and Wyatt looking after the wood scraps for us.

James helping us measure trim.

Making a few cuts

The nesting box! We pretty much spent most of the day on this one area. Between designing it, measuring it, cutting it, and then installing it. Whew.

Big part of the project - DONE!


Next up: Attaching the front wall doors. Attaching the nesting box roof. Designing and building the main door. And of course - painting! We figure we're about 2 weeks off.

This project is fun, but terribly time consuming!

1 comment:

mdm said...

Great Coop Design---your lucky Chickens will be living in a Coop Mansion. Good for you Guys--you've got your own little construction company!