Hi there everyone!
I thought I'd share an update on how our little coop is coming along!
My husband brought a few very large shipping pallets home
from work for me. Two of them were about 5ft by 9ft so I used those as the main sides
and another one about 6ft llong and 5ft high for the back wall. I tied them all together with
3" wood screws to help hold everything in place while I put the rafters up. For the
rafters I used some old 8ft 2x4's and laid them cross ways every two feet or so
and anchored them to the pallets.
Then for the first layer of roof, I used some osb board that I had removed from the large
pallets and it worked out great. The next step is another more waterproof layer of
roofing, which I'm still debating on what to use.
We're definitly making progress, and using all repurposed pallets
and lumber allowed me to make it bigger than I had origanally planned.
It's now 9ft long and 5ft wide!
This pic was taken right before I threw the osb on the roof,
whew, that was a rough job to tackle all by myself!
That white shelf on the inside is going to be nesting boxes
I drug it out of one of our barns, the cool thing about it
is that it already had seperated cubbys that will be the perfect size for the hens.
It's hard to tell in the pic but the whole thing is sitting
on bricks and 4x4s that I cemented in the ground.
It's definilty not going anywhere,lol.
So, now I'm browsing pinterest looking at all the beautiful coop door ideas.
It's really hard to choose.
And I think I've definitely decided to add
a window in the front complete with a window
box for flowers! I'm so excited, I cant wait to get to the
decorating part! I have sooo many ideas for the interior (including an old chandelier!)
Well I better get back out there, and try to finish what I can on it for the day.
Hope everyone
is having a wonderful spring day!
♥ from the farm!
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