It was a freezing cold day in November because we're crazy people and can't start projects in the spring like normal people. I had finally caved in to The Husband and agreed to get chickens and I think he was impatient and/or afraid that I might change my mind...
Since it was snowing off and on, we started building in the garage.
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| What would become the platform for the main coop. |
Then it was time to move it out to the yard.
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| Heave! |
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| With a little help from our friends... |
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Its a good thing they love us even when we're crazy
and it's 15 degrees out... |
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| And it has arrived! |
Once we had the floor platform done, it was time to frame the walls.
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| It was unseasonably warm at ~50 degrees |
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| Good opportunity to learn some carpentry skills. |
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| We're equal opportunity around here... |
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| Time to move! |
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| Ok, we have wall frames, now what? |
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| It's an old fashioned barn (coop) raising! |
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| When you're The Daughter, any time is the right time for a song! |
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| Being very good wall frame holder-uppers... |
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| The kids 'helping'... |
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| Fasten the walls down. |
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| Adding the framing for the attached run. |
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| Run framing done. Roof framing going up. |
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| Its starting to resemble something... |
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| The weather couldn't hold off forever, and the roof needed to go on. |
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Preparing for roofing. You can't tell from the photo,
but the wind was CRAZY this day. |
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| It wasn't actually warm that day, he's just crazy... |
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| Time for siding! |
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Starting cutting the siding.
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| Getting there... |
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| And you thought you'd never use geometry and trigonometry again! |
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| Cut outs for the nest box and windows. |
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| Siding up! |
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| The run all wired in. |
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| All that was left was clean-up! |
In the next installment, the bells and whistles!
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