Coop, part one

Our friends came over this weekend to help us with the coop. Dave and I had no idea how long it would take or how complicated it would be. Well, it's not terribly complicated, but neither of us have any experience with this type of thing. Luckily, our friends built houses with Habitat for Humanity for seven years, and they have real tools and real experience, and they know what they're doing! We were also lucky to have someone in charge of refreshments:Without our friends, this coop would be crooked and rickety and just kind of sad. Happily for us, they actually enjoy doing this stuff and really did most of the hard work! Dave lifted and sawed some things, at least. I mostly sat and was impressed...

Here are some photos from Sunday, showing some of the progress on the coop.

We recycled part of the old shed and turned it into the floor of the coop. It took a lot of scary nail removal and cutting out notches so it would fit snugly within the beams. This is what we didn't realize would take so long. It fits perfectly, though!Here's the floor going in!
Two sides and the floor in:

This will be where the chicken door goes:
Dave put on the front and built in some nest boxes on Monday, and will continue to do more as we have time. I'll put up more photos when the weather cooperates a bit better with us. Watch this space!