The guys are getting it done, bit by bit. Right now, it is upside down as the "rot" treatment is soaking in. All of the outside frames and exposed wood will be painted. I've taken some snaps of the coope-de-run while it is on its side in the driveway. I've tried to take a few pix at the "appropriate" angles, but that's hard to do, so bear with me there.
These first are from underneath the bottom of the floor... basically what the chickens would see if they look up. The rectangle hole in the floor is for the ramp which will fit up between the support railings and can be raised at night to secure the coop.
The nesting box(es) are on the outside with a partition to provide two laying box areas of approximately 12" x 12" floor space on each side of the partition. There is an access door/flap from the outside for retrieving eggs when that happens.
The doors into the main portion of the coop, itself, are on hinges and will flip up/down giving us access into the coop without having to open up the whole coop but still give us the ability to clean out the coop by using the lower doors as chutes. We get a lot of rain in our region, so the upper doors will help protect the coop from getting wet inside when lifting them up.
Below is a side view, then a "flipped" view so that you can see the access into the lower run, under the coop. The vent holes near the top of the coop have hardwire cloth on the inside.
And, below, is a "bird's eye" view from above the coop, looking into the inside on the half that has the ramp/trap door for the chickens to access the coop.
The wire on the run of the coop is actually double layered with a heavy gauge wire to help prevent larger predators like black bears or coyotes from ripping into the run, and then a smaller gauge hardwire cloth to keep out smaller predators, like raccoon and weasel.
So, that's what we have so far.
