Chicken Coop Framed Up
Today we set the posts and installed the top and bottom rails. I spent most of my time attaching the chicken wire to the framework. It went really smoothly with the air powered staple gun and half inch staples. I probably put more staples than necessary as I was trying to stretch the wire as tightly as possible. We left about six to eight inches of extra wire below the botttom frame. This will be lined with rocks and covered with dirt to prevent any dogs or cats from getting inside. You can see the custom chicken hutch that we built inside the coop, it has two nesting boxes and this is where they roost at night. John spent most of his time constructing the gate out of scrap lumber. He hopes to cut the posts on one side down to 6 feet and then construct a roof over the new chicken coop. It took us between 4-5 hours to construct.