This is the chicken coop that I built for the infamous Huxley 6 chickens:
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| From June 2010 |
During construction
It is a 4'x8' A frame with the nesting boxes and roost in the top of the triangle. The bottom is open so the chickens can peck around in the grass.
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| From June 2010 |
The roof sides are removable for cleaning the coop and the ends also open on hinges to access eggs and the chicken run below.
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| From June 2010 |
Entertaining the neighborhood
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| From June 2010 |
The runway into the top of the coop can be opened and shut from the outside. It is hard to see, but there is a wire that runs to the bottom that goes through an eye at the top of the coop and then out the side.
Anyway, the most complicated of my woodworking projects - lots of angles and no table saw or miter saw. I am embarrassed to admit but I basically threw a temper tantrum when I started it because it seemed too big of a project to get done and the chickens were getting big and smelly in the garage. So I am publicly apologizing to my wife and children for growling at them while working.
6 comments:
Impressive hen house!
Nice. I get cranky when I do stuff like that and don't have the right tools as well.
I love the hen house and not want to copy your plans. I have a "fake" miter saw but I believe it will work...at least that is the hope. We aren't having too many chickens, just a few but enough.
Let me know Sharon and we can send you a copy of the plans. I used Leila's quilt ruler that has lines for the different angles drawn on it and a regular saw.
Aha! The Huxley 6 chickens post got removed from Leila's blog! I definitely understand why you guys would remove it . . . buuuuut . . .do you happen to still have it as a draft? Could you email me a copy?
I hope I am not re-opening old woulds . . .
woulds = wounds
I hope that's not some weird Freudian Slip . . .
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