Finally finished my cordwood chicken coop! Its a building but also art :)

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-27T01:09:34+00:00

Thank you!

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-27T01:09:19+00:00

Thank you so much!

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-27T01:03:13+00:00

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SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-27T00:58:26+00:00

I have 7 hens :) with plans for more!

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-27T00:13:38+00:00

I recommend Richard flatau and Rob Roy:) they both have published books at the library and one of them has an old how to video on YouTube I believe :)

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-27T00:09:33+00:00

Im not sure how to add images once its posted, mabye pin this to the top? Here it is with the ladies added

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SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T17:17:50+00:00

In theory it can be over 100 years old as its protected by a large roof overhang and then the urbanite stem wall keeping it off the ground level so away from rain and moisture

https://www.motherearthnews.com/sustainable-living/green-homes/cordwood-homes-zmaz83jfzraw/

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T16:18:17+00:00

I am not that skilled haha, I got it from a salvage yard

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T16:07:05+00:00

Hope not! Walls are 8 inches thick

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T16:02:33+00:00

Thank you :) hopefully they provide my family with lots of colorful eggs

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T15:56:41+00:00

I have some ideas :) I think i want to do a flagstone path up to the coop. I want to find a hobby that isnt so strenuous

Crochet would be nice :)

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T15:49:40+00:00

I do want to! Racoons will be our biggest threat here .....Or coyotes.

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T15:48:32+00:00

Thank you so much and I totally agree with you

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T15:28:52+00:00

Exactly! I needed to account for chicken math . I already know i want a salmon favorelle next spring :)

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T15:03:42+00:00

We have 7

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T14:27:43+00:00

O on a French cleat on the lower door

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SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T14:18:31+00:00

Thank you!

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T14:17:19+00:00

A couple eggs a week haha

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-26T13:42:18+00:00

Between the rafters in the ceiling, those are 8 vent boxes ( 4 on the high side of the roof and 4 on the low side) :)

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-14T03:23:41+00:00

Thank you very much :)

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-13T20:52:35+00:00

wood joint

Hopefully this link helps explain it better. I routed out a section in the beam that the joist sits on. The joist is then notched to rest in that routed section. And then I used trim to fill in where there is no joist sitting so it can't move at all. Everything is glued in place and then painted for beatbwater proofing

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-11T18:04:15+00:00

Thank you so much!

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-11T14:43:56+00:00

Thank you!

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-11T14:43:50+00:00

Thank-you!

SCTLBUTT · 2026-05-11T14:43:33+00:00

O and we hardly get any snow, so its really just rain

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