Ready for pet habitation.

It looks pretty good in its new home.

We have chicks arriving on 14 February. 

Oh yeah, we have to put the fence back together.

It took a little work but we managed to get the fence put back together. 

After some leveling everyone is smilling.

Shay, my Dad Leon and Ginny. 

Cool, right where I wanted it.

Shay set it down exactly where I had cleared away the snow. Note, the forklift in this picture is expertly driven by Shay Carter from Rex Carter Masonry, member of the Utah Masonry Council.

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Many many thanks to Shay! 

Open yard forklift driving.

I had a spot in mind already, of course it wasn't going to be easy to get there but no need to worry the forklift is expertly driven by Shay Carter from Rex Carter Masonry, member of the Utah Masonry Council.

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Many many thanks to Shay! 

Easy does it.

Looking good, note that the forklift is expertly driven by Shay Carter from Rex Carter Masonry, member of the Utah Masonry Council.

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Many many thanks to Shay! 

Ooooo, no need to worry.

I got a little nervous here. No need to worry the forklift is expertly driven by Shay Carter from Rex Carter Masonry, member of the Utah Masonry Council.

http://www.utahmasonrycouncil.org/directory/index.php?task=&startCount=72

Many many thanks to Shay! 

Fitting nicely on the forklift

With a little help it fit on the forklift just fine. The forklift is expertly driven by Shay Carter from Rex Carter Masonry, member of the Utah Masonry Council.

http://www.utahmasonrycouncil.org/directory/index.php?task=&startCount=72

Many many thanks to Shay! 

Forklift tires 5'1'' Fence Door 5'

We carefully measured the fence door and made the henhouse a few inches smaller but we didn't measure the forklift tire width until today! 

This is the nicest shed I've ever seen.

Is there a nicer looking shed or chicken coop anywhere? 

Chicken roost.

Dad read that chickens like a flat and angled roost so he set it up like this. He also put a layer of pressed wood on the floor over the plywood. This should make a good base for the linoleum or slate floor I want to put in. Slate will cost about $50 but I think it will look cool so I'm leaning that way. 

Chicken door.

Chicken door with hinges and latch. Looking good. 

Chicken's eye view of the entrance.

Looking up the chicken ramp. 

Looking good with the stain.

I think it is looking really nice. 

I managed to stain the front and roof edge.

We had just enough stain to do the front, the roof edge and part of one side. We are going to need at least two more cans of stain. Tonight we'll need to put a tarp around the unstained wood. 

We need to stain the redwood.

We used the rough redwood for the exterior because it looks pretty good and isn't too expensive. It is normally used for fencing. It needs a good stain. We will only use Superdeck brand 1910 - Natural. Ginny had almost a full can but the wood just soaks it up. We'll need more. 

The finished roof.

Finished roof. We are now ready for the big storm this weekend - almost ready. 

Roofing

Dad putting on the roof. There is a sheet of roofing tar paper under the metal roof. 

Dad cutting the roof

Today we put on the metal roof. We used three sheets of 8' by 3' roofing. Trimming the metal was difficult. 

Barred Rock Chicks

This is what it is all about. We are planning to order Barred Rocks and Red Stars from http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/index.html. 

Floor and chicken entrance.

I am thinking about putting down a linoleum floor to make it easy maintenance. I don't like the idea of the wood soaking up the smell. 

Built to be towed into place.

This is built to be slid into place. It is getting pretty heavy. We may need to use a forklift. 

Window and wood trim close up

Here you can see the window, the pressed wood and some of the cedar covering in place. 

Chicken entrance

Close up of the 12" by 12" Chicken entrance. 

After two more days of construction

The coop has pressed wood inside and out. The outside covering is cedar fence wood.