Fly the Coop
This blog has been a long time in coming.
I have just been putting it off. We’ve actually been done with the coop itself for about 3 or 4 weeks, oops. I don’t want to forget to record some things, so here are some pics of building the coop, the chicks as they’ve been growing up and our 2 new lovely ladies (Libby and Sun)
We have the run in the back, it still needs to be painted, but for now, with this heat, there is no way on earth I am painting! We have the big girls in the run to keep them away from the babies until everyone is friendly. (We’ve collected our first dozen of eggs this week! What a thrill!)
So here are the pics:
This was our baby chicks first outing! Aren’t they adorable! I can’t believe how much they changed and grown.
Here they are again a few weeks later getting all their feathers, and loosing their fluff, which you can see in patches mostly on their heads.
Here is some of the stages of completion for the coop
Here is some of the stages of completion for the coop(if you’ll remember the barn raising post, that left off at the walls)
Justin installing the roof.
I guess I forgot to photograph the siding install. I am really happy because we were able to “reduce, reuse and recycle” for about everything on this project. Justin collected all the 2 x 4 from people who were spring cleaning. So that was free. We only had to buy the flooring and roofing material and 2 sheets of siding. We actually used some siding from our neighbor too.
Of course when I actually helped, paint and caulk it all we didn’t get photos either.
Here is an image of the front door. Santiago our neighbor was ripping out an old hot tub surround and gave us the old deck and a bunch of randoms, wood misc. This door was one of the things he gave us. I had Justin add the “X” and we moved the hinges to the side, but it is so adorable now. I would like to get an old piece of weathered wood and paint “EGGS 5 cents” (I can’t find the cents symbol on my keyboard….) Then hang the sign in the upper portion of the door!
Again we talked to our neighbor Santiago, who has all the best connections. He introduced us to a contractor friend of his and he got us a deal on all our roofing needs- shingles, felt, nails and fascia drip stuff all for only $30.00. A square of roofing at home-dumpot runs around $25.00 (he gave us 2 squares, plus everything else! Score!)
We wanted to have a vent on the upper tower to keep airflow without any water problems. We checked out our local Habitat for Humanity ReStore to see what they might have we could use. First we saw some vent covers but finally found some prefect shutters for $8.00. I painted them and Justin cut them down and installed them. I think they really add to the quaintness of the structure.
Here is the finished coop. Sorry about the colors, Justin had to work until late in the nights to get anything done, so I usually got pictures around dusk. 
On the window side Justin made some adorable shutters, out of scrap woods. Here they are shut:
And opened:
There are interior shutters to keep the chicks in, but get some good breezes during the day.
And finally here it is with the chicken run. I am planning on painting the fencing white. This fencing was also from Santiago. We need to invite him over to dinner!! (the old back fence, I am planning on staining a dark charcoal grey). Justin wants me to paint the siding a color, which will probably be a lighter grayish color, or maybe I’ll get creative and go brighter!
Finally here are the babies today:
And here are the new gals:
I love this! My husband has been talking about wanting chickens, and I could so be okay with it if we had this coop. Wonderful job!!!
Omg, this is a great post! I’ve always wanted to raise some chickens and your chicken coop is great! Thanks for posting this 🙂
It look great! The perfect little home for those chickadees!!! 😉 Thanks for sharing this on Fancy This Fridays this last week!
~Kassi @ Truly Lovely
Awesome chicken coop. My hubby and I are getting chickens this spring. I wish we could build a coop like yours but we will have to deal with pre-fab. Looks great and I featured you today on Strictly Homemade today!!!
I’m so enamored with chickens & chicken coups! This is so darling. Thank you so much for sharing this on Fabulous Friday at Faith, Trust & Pixie Dust. Please do come back again next Friday.
Warmly, Michelle
Adorable coop!
Do you have plans for this chicken coop? I love it but I’m a novice builder and would need details of supplies and tools and dimensions of the the coop. Would that be possible to get??
Thanks for sharing!!!
Carrie, we don’t have any. But we may consider making them in the future! I will talk to my hubby about it!
The Cent mark is in Microsoft Word. Look under the insert tab and then click “symbols” it is on the first page bottom row. Love your Chicken house. I plan to get a few hens, your Coop gave me a lot of ideas for my own coop.
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stumbled across your blog today. Love the chicken coop. Love repurposing. Reusing. I will enjoy reading thru here. Thanks!
Your chicken coop is lovely! I really love the fact that you’re in a neighborhood and you can still
have chickens. I want to do this, too!
Oh my goodness! How adorable. Do you have any trouble with neighbors?? Do you live in one of those neighborhoods with rules and everything?? I love chickens and miss having them around.
Khadija, there were no problems with neighbors and we made sure of it.
This is so…so enchanting! I have to send this link to my neighbor who wants a coop done and does not know how to make it happen. She will love this work and get some ideas to set up her own chicken coop for the garden. Thanks so much Cassity! I am glad I found this piece!