The Goot Coop

Several weeks ago, a plan started taking place.  Some friends of ours that are moving to Zambia at the end of the summer have been in the process of purging from their lives most of their earthly possessions.  This included their chickens.  We promised to give three of their flock a new home.

 

Alex had done lots of research online and checked out books from the library to come up with his own plans for our chicken coop.  In my opinion, he put the best of various designs or patterns into his own plan.  During any spare time that he had, construction started in the garage.  There, the basic frame was put together.



 As the boards were measured and cut, the girls help stain the wood.

Before the frame got too heavy, we moved it out of the garage and stained it, then moved it to where Alex finished building it.

 

Side walls to the "indoor" space were added, complete with windows for ventilation.  Grace is helping Alex as he starts on the nesting box. 

 

 After most of the side walls were on, next came the roof.  Here, we are making sure everything is even. 

Securing the roof.....

 

 

 

 The last steps before the chickens arrived were the installation of the screens, locks on the door, roosting bars, and their ramp.  Here is the mostly finished product!  We still have to add a few drawer and door handles and a lock on the nesting box. 

We picked up our chickens tonight from their temporary home and brought them to live with us here.

Megan's is the one with a gold neck and Leah's is black.

This is Grace's chicken.

 So far, they seem happy.  And our ultimate goal......eggs!

 In looking back over these pictures, I realize that I still missed much of the building process.  Oh well.......

~Wee