the day before yesterday i drew out a simple cheap EASY chicken coop. this morning the family and i were planning on going to The Orange Store to buy the supplies and pick up some cull lumber to finish the potato towers.
as i was out fiddling around a neighbor offered me basically a bunch of junk. i of course jumped at the chance.
i got two older sheets of plywood that had originally been part of a shed and therefore were already cut for a sloping roof. i also got several sheets of corrugated steel in different lengths and some two by fours.
This altered my orange store shopping list. this pile of garbage had officially become a challenge.
i set out to build my new coop. baaaaaaaad idea.
the wind was blowing everything around. when youre working with sheet metal that can be dangerous.
the space i had set up for the coop was smaller than what items were givin to me. i decided to work on something else instead of letting my frustrations get me down.
since my chickens never use their run ( they spend more time in the goat loafing area) i decided they didnt need it. i shortened it by about twenty feet , folding the flimsy field fencing over on itself to double up the strength for protection against the goats. thwy still have a spacw thats about 80sf (5 ducks and 8 chickens) in addition to the coop. i know it doesnt sound like much but the loafing area they share is about 1800sf so everyone is happy.
i didnt get a roof on the coop. a tarp will have to do for now. i smashed my thumb pretty good with an iron mallet. youch!!
i figured it was time to go inside. i will work o somethi ng less painful. seriously i should take some pictures of the monstrosity that will hopefully become a functioning coop! but for now im soaking in a bath licking my wounds....
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