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potato_head) wrote2013-05-27 12:52 am
potato_head) wrote2013-05-27 12:52 am
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Chicken Coop Update!
So the coop project has officially begun!
What we did today:
This is the general future chicken area:
For size, that fence is about 6ft high; not that that helps you much because my camera seems to take especially 'flat' photos.
So, to make it easier to picture, I did this! Took the 3D rendering of the coop (which is what we purchased - two Google SketchUp models, one of framing and one of completed coop, along with a .pdf with materials and tips - not exactly conventional plans, but we also only payed $5, and have access to quite a lot of carpenters should we need help since...essentially dad's entire extended family, and also a few of his friends, are contractors and carpenters) and superimposed it on another photo of the backyard. Note that this is the unaltered plans - we are going to make the total coop about 2ft longer and the indoor area...some number feet longer (I haven't measured the size of it yet to find out) to potentially accommodate one more chicken than the coop is made for; and we're going to flip it so that the indoor area is closest to the deck (where I'm standing to take the photo) to make it easier to get to them in deep snow. Also, I'm not at all sure how well I did in sizing/putting it in the right perspective. But I think it gives some idea of how it will look.
Yes, the back is also 6 foot, so will be as high as the fence. I think we're aiming for about 1 foot between the fence and the back of the coop - to move it away a bit from the property line and to make it easy to get behind the coop if we need to, especially since we're probably going to be putting up some plastic over the wire to protect the run from snow in the winter, so we'll be needing to get back there easily.
Also, a photo of the work we did today, sort of.
These are the holes from moving the hostas - little squat bushes that flower; also I am pretty sure they're one of those root-colony plants. We moved them over to the 'paper road' area (patch of land along our property that belongs to the city, we use and maintain it since everyone around us has just put up fences against it, we use it mostly for storing wood) since we're trying to start a little garden on the edge of it. We just left the holes since we're going to be levelling the ground anyways.
What we did today:
- decided on and purchased some coop plans
- revised pasturing/lawning plans (we are going to put up a permanent fence rather than the temporary one, because we found out it would be very cost-ineffective to keep replacing the wire, which would tear frequently)
- moved hosta plants that were in the way
This is the general future chicken area:
For size, that fence is about 6ft high; not that that helps you much because my camera seems to take especially 'flat' photos.
So, to make it easier to picture, I did this! Took the 3D rendering of the coop (which is what we purchased - two Google SketchUp models, one of framing and one of completed coop, along with a .pdf with materials and tips - not exactly conventional plans, but we also only payed $5, and have access to quite a lot of carpenters should we need help since...essentially dad's entire extended family, and also a few of his friends, are contractors and carpenters) and superimposed it on another photo of the backyard. Note that this is the unaltered plans - we are going to make the total coop about 2ft longer and the indoor area...some number feet longer (I haven't measured the size of it yet to find out) to potentially accommodate one more chicken than the coop is made for; and we're going to flip it so that the indoor area is closest to the deck (where I'm standing to take the photo) to make it easier to get to them in deep snow. Also, I'm not at all sure how well I did in sizing/putting it in the right perspective. But I think it gives some idea of how it will look.
Yes, the back is also 6 foot, so will be as high as the fence. I think we're aiming for about 1 foot between the fence and the back of the coop - to move it away a bit from the property line and to make it easy to get behind the coop if we need to, especially since we're probably going to be putting up some plastic over the wire to protect the run from snow in the winter, so we'll be needing to get back there easily.
Also, a photo of the work we did today, sort of.
These are the holes from moving the hostas - little squat bushes that flower; also I am pretty sure they're one of those root-colony plants. We moved them over to the 'paper road' area (patch of land along our property that belongs to the city, we use and maintain it since everyone around us has just put up fences against it, we use it mostly for storing wood) since we're trying to start a little garden on the edge of it. We just left the holes since we're going to be levelling the ground anyways.