Russ built our first chicken coop during spring break of 2008, when our first batch of chicks were still tiny and Rosie was less than a year old. He didn't have clear plans for it and made trips to Home Depot every few hours to buy more tools, nails and wood. It took a full week to build and has had a number of renovations and re-paintings since then. It is dog and wild cat-proof, weather-proof and has two levels and a variety of exits, entrances, ramps, doors and egg boxes. It is the biggest backyard chicken coop I've seen. Its many re-modellings reflected our developing understanding of raising chickens and their needs. Ultimately, we realized that it wasn't right for our climate. Russ built a second smaller coop last year that was more suited to the windy conditions of our environment and this year he constructed a chicken run (small fence) around it. We had been wondering what to do with the old one. Yesterday, we sold it.
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