Coop Construction ~ The Ponderosa ~

Let it be known in the world of the blog that my husband does nothing small.  I have learned to deal with it and get over my self consciousness when some of the things we have may seem a bit...ummm... big.

Now could we start our little foray into chicken  keeping small?  Now why would we do that?? We are awaiting our 12 hens around June 6, followed by 25 meat birds the following week.  Ten weeks later another 25 meat birds and... yipppeee doooo... we get a free "exotic" chick with each 25 chicks... that just spells rooster to me, but we will just have to wait and see.

Anywho, without further ado... I bring you the construction of the coop...

The site is cleared...

The stone is spread...

The floor is constructed...

The walls get framed and go up.

All of the wood is native that we cut down and had milled up.  It saved us about $700 in lumber.  The roof is being framed and the metal for it is being ordered. 

More to come...