On thursday, our only goal as a group was to finish the chicken coup! We got started right away. Stuart went and worked on attaching the corrugated plastic roofing the the rafters, as well as cut a large rectangle in the ceiling board to create more light and ventilation. Allie and Liam went the home depot to pick up the remaining hardware and stain we needed to finish the coup. I worked on the roust for the chickens to stand on and also the ramp for them to walk up into the elevated chicken coup. Stuart found a 10 foot branch that we cut down to about 8 feet to use as the roust. I screwed in ply wood on the ends to more easily attach the roust. I then used the left over ply wood from the walls to create a ramp for the chickens to walk up. After lunch, Stuart finished the top window and cut down the roof so that it wouldn't have any over hang. Allie finished staining all the chicken coup. I cut trim for the windows and installed those. I also installed door latches and handles on the coup. The last thing we did before finishing the chicken coup was make a 12 by 25 foot inclosed area for the chickens to roam and also put chicken wire on the space between the coup ceiling and roof to keep out predators. While we are not completely finished with the Chick coup, we have done the majority and thursday night is the first night that the Chickens will stay over night at Hawken.
We also started to rototill the garden but only finished about a quarter of it. Here are some pictures of the almost finished chicken coup!
Nate, all this is so great! I can't wait to get out there to see first hand all your hard work. Thanks for the pictures. It's great to see this project in all its steps!
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