Building a Chicken Coop

I'll be honest, we had no idea what we were doing.

Fortunately, my dad is THE most patient person on earth, so I'm still alive, but just barely.

I had our chicken coop plans drawn out and he had to interpret them. I can't draw 3 dimensionally. We started the project with about 75% of an idea of what we wanted the finished coop to look like and we talked over a lot of scenarios while we worked.

The spare wood ran out quickly, but having it saved us lots of time and money. I knew the whole coop would have to be painted, so we decided that the inevitable imperfections gave the chicken palace "charm."

Hopefully, the photos will tell the story.

Dad arrives at my house with the frame he made at his house.

I had a fence built as a wind-break and to give my birds some privacy.

The view from inside my house.

So. much. painting. ugh!

I spray-painted a few "accents" including this garbage can, which holds the organic chicken food.

My saintly mother-in-law painted for hours.

The kids monitored our progress. "Are you done yet?"

The chicken wire goes around the white posts.