The finished Chicken Barn

So here is the finished chicken coop. I am very proud of it.

The chickens seems to like it too. We have 2 black forrest hens, 2 Arucana hens and an Arucana rooster. He is the one on the left. Funny fellow with no rump...

Chicken Coop - Day 6

Brian finished the roof today, and I began painting the outside of the coop red.

When looked at from afar it really does look like a barn now – doesn't it?

Details (like the door) is still missing, but you can really see it coming together now.

Here's what it looked like from the back, before the last piece of roof was added. The whole backside of the coop can be detached for easy cleaning of the coop.

It took Brian most of the day to finish the roof, but he got to use a new tool, he bought yesterday, so I think he enjoyed himself.

Our whole lawn is covered in sawdust now...

I apologize for the crazy use of fonts here. Blogger really doesn't want to cooperate with me today... 

Chicken Coop - Day 5

Today Brian Did a lot of the roof, and we placed the chicken coop in the back of our garden.

 The chickens are going to have the best view.

I couldn't help admiring our work in the late sunlight.

Chicken Coop - Day 4

Brian finished the main construction.

I painted the wall boards we had so far, with the base coat, and Brian cut some more.
It is beginning to look like a barn, don't you think?

Chicken Coop - Day 3

It's monday, so we only had the evening. Still Brian started cutting the wall boards.

Here he is - admiring his work. Liva sneaked into the picture as well...

Chicken Coop - Day 2

Here is where we were this morning:

This is where we are now:

We (Brian) have made the upper construction and I have painted the floor boards. This is going to take a while...

Chicken Coop - Day one

We have decided, we want chickens in our garden, and we want to build them a pretty little chicken coop.

I love the look of old fashioned red barns like these:

Last night, we sketched and came up with this first draft:

We began building it today and found the construction more sturdy than we had imagined, so the supporting beams were not nessesary. We changed a few other details in the process as well.

Here is where we are so far:

It took most of the day, because we had to go and buy wood and a few tools. Also Brian was very perfectionistic with everything.

But will you look at that! - I'm very proud of his work.