The construction continues

Ok so our first step was to put hinges on the roof so that I can lift it up and gather my eggs from the nesting boxes. Luckily I had my Brother and Brian on hand to help me because we needed one person to hold the lid another to drill and the thrid person to fetch beers and supervise.

Hmm it looks like the beer supervisor is staying on task.

Ah yes, these boys sure are dedicated to the coop efforts.

So here is the escape hatch cut into the bottom. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but in retrospect. Hmmmmmmm

Lets start at the begining.

Ok , so I have been talking for a long time about getting chickens. I decided it was time to put my money where my mouth is so to speak. I thought that I would start blogging my experience that has been a method of trial and error.

So, the idea, I have this dog house that has been taking up residence in my back yard since I bought my house 4 years ago. The original plan was I would get a dog and he would use said house. Well I did get the dog but he hated the dog house. He preferres to sit out in the rain and whine instead. Here is the light bulb moment, wait for it, wait for it. You got it chickens.

I have been reading a lot about back yard chickens and fortunately for spokanites, our city codes allow three chickens per lot. I started doing some research and feel that I am fully prepared to take on this project. It was funny, once I started doing my research all of these rural chicken owners started coming out of the woodwork. There is a fairly large population of spokinites that raise chickens in there back yards. Who knew!

Luckily for me I have a Scientist, and Engineer and a Educator on hand to assist me on coop building plans. Let's faceit, I'm not the most competent person when it comes to power tools and hinges.