Coop Update

I thought I would update you all on the status of the chicken coop. Part of the reason I am writing about it is I can't really work on it.

This morning we browsed chicken books at a book store and ordered chicken wire from the farm store. I came home with a great desire to finish it but tragically I cannot. The saw we have on loan died today. The battery has no more juice and we don't have the charger. So we have to wait until Thanksgiving weekend and hopefully we will have a charger and a saw.

But we have some things done. We converted an old fence into siding on about two sides. Neither of the two sides is complete but moving in the right direction.

I like the look of it so far. Rustically charming. My little brother was in town that weekend and gave us a hand with it. None of us has much wood working experience it felt like an experiment. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. And exactly what I wanted my coop building to be.

That's the flashiest thing we accomplished but not all. Mom gave us some paint for the coop interior to keep the wood from breaking down and to make it easier to clean. We put down a couple of coats of that.

I will paint one more time before it is completely done.

We were working on the nesting boxes when the battery died. We have a plan but I'm worried that someone is going to look at them partially done and recommend a completely different approach. Too late, I say. We're halfway done with our way and that's how it's going to be.

We also picked up all the two by fours we need to build the run. This might not sound like an accomplishment but there was no way Ian's car could transport 8 ft boards. Thanks to Mom, we got a ride to the lumber store in a truck last weekend and were able to get what we needed. She also brought tin for the roof. I guess that's what I could be working on right now, the roof. But it's almost winter out there. I'll just look at coop picture for now. Maybe I'll roof tomorrow.