Building the chicken coop

Saturday was the long awaited day to build our chicken coop (more photos). The chickens don't arrive for another week or so but Jack, Jess and Emma had lots of fun being chickens after the build to test out the robustness of the coop and I have to say it stood up to the rigour of three rather large chickens very well.

We used a coop from flytesofancy based in Dorset and I have to say that the assembly was straight forward (although Helena did most of the technical stuff with the electric srewdriver) supported by Geoff and I on panel holding duty. The quality of the build is superb, it is a very sturdy structure that I am sure will last us a good long time.

Next week we are planning to dig in the sleeper base and give the coop a permanent home in the garden, with hard wood chippings for the hens to scratch about on - we are hoping this will make cleaning a little easier too.

Check back soon for when the coop cam is installed :)