The day of the chicken coop.

My dad is on his way over, should be here any minute. This is the day the coop gets the smack down. We shuttled wheelbarrow loads of dirt into the hole where the coop is going. Then we realized, obviously, that this dirt will settle with rain and time and our coop will become uneven. So, now our foundation will be more intense, with sunk posts, rather than just a frame that sets on the ground. Good times. When Dad shows up we'll make our lumber list, go to the lumber yard and hardware store, and then get our rain on and go outside.

On the menu today:

• Leveling out the ground where the coop is being moved.
• Spending a lot of money on our "free" coop for wood and nails.
• Constructing a base for the coop.
• Putting a floor in that supports both human and chicken beings.
• Putting rafters up on top for both ventilation and a sound roof.
• Dealing with the metal for the roof that I, stupidly, had cut the wrong way.
• Building a back for the coop of beautiful beautiful plywood.
• Making nesting boxes from the scrap wood, probably driving to Crown Hill to borrow Alec's chop saw. Dammit, forgot to get it yesterday.
• Tacking a few branches inside for perches.
• Installing the windows.
• Putting a latch on the door.
  
• Getting a pane of glass for the glass-less window frame.

That's about it.

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