Coop de Ville

Around 4:30 yesterday afternoon, as I was balancing on a 2x6 hanging over the tailgate of the truck, I came to the realization that we should probably invest in a couple of saw horses.

Because even with my weight to hold it down, the board still slid at an alarming angle under the power saw Chad was using to cut it in half.

Safety committee, we are not.

Somehow, we managed to cut a pile of boards for our project - The Coop de Ville - without losing an arm, finger or toe.

That's right. We're building our chicken coop. By ourselves. Without a kit. Using a diagram that I sketched out on the back on an index card and the wood we had stacked in the garage from a failed raised bed project.

Yep. We're so handy with wood and a saw that we can't even build a square foot gardening box.

That takes a special kind of talent.

But I found what I wanted - coop wise - but it was still a bit too big.  And how hard can it be? It's just a cube.

With walls.

And screen.

And a door.

And a nesting box.

And a roosting area.

And has to support the weight of a rooftop garden.

Wait? What? I didn't tell you? Oh yes. The coop I'm basing my design off is the Kippen House Coop. It has a groovy rooftop garden that will allow us to let the chickens live in our garden area without losing valuable square footage. Because I've got plans for that space. Plans that include zucchini.

Which is why I found myself balancing on a board while Chad studied the cut edge, proclaiming it, "Close enough."

This could get interesting...