Coop Complete

After about two months of construction (it sure felt a lot longer), the coop for all intents and purposes is complete. There are still a few little finishing touches here and there, but the tenants have fully occupied the facility. Now if they can just figure out how to use the ramp from the hen house to the rest of the coop.

After taking a short break from the coop to make some progress in the garden, I tackled the main door, which had been giving me fits. Three failed design/install attempts later, I finally got it to work.

Part of the problem was that I tried to construct the door using leftover pieces, but the designs either didn’t look right or didn’t work right. So we opted for a simpler solution, which required one more trip to Lowe’s for another piece of hardware cloth. But the additional cost was worth the easier build/install.

Slightly more tricky were the two doors to the nesting box. But even that went smoother than expected. And I really like the way they turned out.