Under Construction

We have sufficiently recovered from the loss of our chickens, to discuss and begin the construction of the new 'fox proof' coop. We thought we'd have Grandad over as project manager but he wasn't able to get a flight for the dates required and so we set about the task ourselves.

First job though was to deconstruct the old pen which Andy and the girls did one Wednesday afternoon. The original coop version 1 and 2, were constructed purely out of recycled material we had lying around. Most of the posts Andy discovered were rotten and required very little force to remove (they snapped off at the base!) All the while Andy was mentally redesigning.

Along I come and so does a long weekend - woo hoo! More work was required clearing the site including removing lots of rich soil to drop the level back to the top of the bricks. During this time the girls floated in and out randomly helping then loosing interest and as we know all work no play isn't that fun so off down to Oink we rolled for a coffee break and more discussions regarding the new design.


Eventually we agree on the new coop design including size and materials. After measuring lengths, widths and heights we head over to Bunnings where further discussions occur before finally purchasing the necessary timber and bits 'n' pieces.

Progress occurs slowly with checking and rechecking of lengths before cutting timber to size, concreting and screwing it in place. We're happy with the results so far. Next weekend will involve another trip to Bunnings to allow for the stage 2 of the construction.