Chicken Facts...

Hello guys sorry I haven't been updating I have been very busy. My dad and I are going to work on the final material list right after I finish posting this. When we are done we will send it in and star working when it gets here. Now... Here are some chicken facts.
1. Chicken coop- refers to the entire hen habitat, including a chicken run and a hen house, the chickens play in the chicken run and lay eggs and sleep in the hen house.

2. You need to feen your chickens chicken feed but also greens, fruits, and veggies. They love the variety and it will make their eggs rich and luscious.

3. Vent- the rear end of a chicken through which the eggs and feces are ejected. :)

4. Broody- the desire of a hen to sit and hatcth eggs... they are grumpy

5. Chicken eggs can be many colors such as white, brown, pink/purple, green, and blue.

The chicken coop...

The chicken coop will be under the loft which is 3 feet high. In the picture it shows the roosting area and laying boxes with ladders so the chickens can get up there. Where we can see the coop from inside the clubhouse we are thinking about making it wire so you can see the chickens from inside the clubhouse. Also there will be doors so you can open the coop from inside. There is a door that i will open every morning so that the chickens can go outside and rin around as well as come inside whenever they want.

Right side Elevation....

This is the right side elevation. So if you were on the right side of the clubhouse it would look like this.

Front Elevation...

This is the front elevation and if you were looking at it from the front this is what it would look like. This is definitely the final idea.

Floor plan...

This is the floor plan. If you were looking down on the clubhousecoop this is what it would look like. It shows where the windows are and where the door is.

Posting...

My dad and I are going to draw more tonight. I will try to post some of the drawings tonight.

Drawing...

Yesterday my dad started drawing the big skech. He drew the floor design, front elevation, and right side elevation. He is going to do more sketches so I am going to wait untill he is finished to post it :)

Selling...

I will probably have my own little business in my neighborhood with all the eggs I'm going to have. From the interesting facts it said one hen will lay about 600 eggs in two years. So that means with 3 chickens 900 eggs in one year. I hope i get people to buy them because if not I will have a lot of eggs. By the way my dad and I are finally going to make the new material list today. When we finish it i will scan it in to show. And maybe get it sent in this week!!! But we have to send it in so that it will arrive when we are here because if not it will sit in our driveway and that's not good. I will post the list later. :)

Chicken facts...

The chicken eggs do not have to be refrigerated!!! Also rotten eggs float and fresh eggs sink. A chicken can lay more than 600 eggs in her first two years. Chickens live about eight years, though some keep clucking for twice that long. Chicken manure is a potent fertilizer. Hens lay eggs about every 25 hours. Well I will give you more fun facts later :)

chickens...

The chickens will have to be fenced in because we have two cats and I do not think they will mesh well together. Though the chickens will have plenty of space. We have a fence in our back yard behind the clubhouse and the chicken run will go along side that. It will be from the clubhouse to the other fence perpendicular to the one behind the clubhouse. As shown in the picture at the beginning of the run it will curve out then curve back in and do the same at the end. It will be a good amount of space for the chickens. I know this is a little confusing but i hope the picture helps. :)

The design has changed...

This is the final skech and a little has changed. We are going to have the roof go up on the side so that when your on the loft you can look outside and see the chickens. Otherwise we would not be able to stand up clse to the wall on the loft. Also, my dad got three windows so we can get some light in the clubhousecoop. One will go beside the door, one above the door, and the one beside the loft. My dad and I love the new idea and can't wait to get the materials and start working. Because the design changed so did the material list so we are going to have to make some changes with the materials. I will keep you posted. :)

This is the material list...

This is the material list my dad sent in. It has all the sizes of wood and how many nails we will need. He also did a skech on the side to caculate all the stuff on the list. It is exciding to have the list on its way.

List is sent...

Today my dad sent the material list in so that we could get the estimate price. When the order comes in we will START BUILDING!
Yippie :) I will take pictures of the work in process and post it. It will be hard work but also fun :)

Chickens here we come..

So my dad and I just asked the neighbors and they said "YES." So we are getting chickens but we have to build the clubhouse/coop first. I can't wait!!! :)

Lets see...

Today my dad and I are going to check with the neighbors to make sure it's ok if we get chickens. I can't get my hopes up to much because it might not happen. If we do end up getting them we will probably get three... odd numbers are good. We will connect the chicken coop with the clubhouse and the chicken run would go along the fence next to the clubhouse. The clubhouse is 10 by 10 and it will have a loft. Even if the neighbors say no to the chickens we will still build the clubhouse so that is one thing to look forward to :) My dad is an architect so he has been drawing sketches of the clubhouse... or soon to be clubhouse. This is the first sketch he did, the plan has changed but we havent skeched the final.