Hello everyone,
Work on the chicken coop continues. We are really taking our time and making is very safe for the birds. Our neighbour just lost the last of her guinea hens, this time to a raccoon. She texted to me and told me I had better be building Fort Knox to keep mine safe, she was giving up and would get some eggs from me. I feel bad for her to have lost all her birds. We will do everything possible to keep our ladies safe from predators.
As you can see from these photos, the walls are on and so is the roof. Frank used 1/4" plywood for the walls. We intend to cover the lower portion of the walls with hardware cloth so nothing can try to chew it's way into the coop. After that we will cover the entire coop with rough cut pine board and batten. When we put up the hardware cloth we will sink it into the ground about 6" as well.
This small area will be the feed area and also for storage of an extra feeders, rake, boots, etc. It is not very big but it will certainly work for what we need.
The coop is nice and snug inside. There are two chicken pop holes for them to exit, two windows (one of which faces south) and of course the "man" door which also has a window. I plan to put on a screen door, covered in hardware cloth, so there will be added ventilation into the coop. The screens in the windows will also be covered in hardware cloth. It should be a nice bright place for them to live because naturally we want them to be happy chickens. Happy chickens lay lots of eggs. :)
That is it for me for today. The weather here in eastern Ontario is very warm... much too warm in fact. I have been trying to get the garden planted out with a lot of the veg but can only work for limited amounts of time in this heat. It is supposed to get much worse as this week progresses so I am not looking forward to that.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day.
~ Melanie ~
Work on the chicken coop continues. We are really taking our time and making is very safe for the birds. Our neighbour just lost the last of her guinea hens, this time to a raccoon. She texted to me and told me I had better be building Fort Knox to keep mine safe, she was giving up and would get some eggs from me. I feel bad for her to have lost all her birds. We will do everything possible to keep our ladies safe from predators.
As you can see from these photos, the walls are on and so is the roof. Frank used 1/4" plywood for the walls. We intend to cover the lower portion of the walls with hardware cloth so nothing can try to chew it's way into the coop. After that we will cover the entire coop with rough cut pine board and batten. When we put up the hardware cloth we will sink it into the ground about 6" as well.
This small area will be the feed area and also for storage of an extra feeders, rake, boots, etc. It is not very big but it will certainly work for what we need.
The coop is nice and snug inside. There are two chicken pop holes for them to exit, two windows (one of which faces south) and of course the "man" door which also has a window. I plan to put on a screen door, covered in hardware cloth, so there will be added ventilation into the coop. The screens in the windows will also be covered in hardware cloth. It should be a nice bright place for them to live because naturally we want them to be happy chickens. Happy chickens lay lots of eggs. :)
That is it for me for today. The weather here in eastern Ontario is very warm... much too warm in fact. I have been trying to get the garden planted out with a lot of the veg but can only work for limited amounts of time in this heat. It is supposed to get much worse as this week progresses so I am not looking forward to that.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day.
~ Melanie ~
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