4 – 1×4 11 1/2″ (actual 1x4s not fence pickets)(large door frame).2 – 1×4 40 3/4″ (actual 1x4s not fence pickets)(large door frame).1 – 1×2 12 1/2″ (actual pine 1×2, not a fence picket) (floor support).**1圆s and 1x4s below are cedar fence pickets, not actual nominal 1圆s unless otherwise noted, any 1x2s or odd 1x 1 1/2 are ripped down from fence pickets and are actually cut to the size stated! 6 – 1×1 7″ (ladder rungs) These are ripped from an actual 1×4 board, not a fence picket.2 – 2×2 34 1/2″ mitered at 45 degrees off square, ends not parallel (ladder).4 – 2×4 22 7/8″ mitered on one end at 40 degrees off square and 50 degrees off square, ends not parallel (roof trusses).4 – Simpson Strong-tie Roof Brackets – they are cheaper at Home Depot, I just wanted to show you what they look like and I couldn’t find them on HDs website!.*Amazon links below are affiliate links! What does that mean? If you click a link below and make a purchase, I make a small percentage off of that purchase at no extra cost to you! I sure do appreciate it when you make purchases after clicking my links!□ I spent another half day figuring out a few areas I wasn’t sure of but you won’t have to spend time on that because I have figured it out for you in the DIY Small Chicken Coop Plans! Woot Woot! Long story short, we had to whip this small chicken coop up as fast as possible so that Richard wasn’t stuck in his dog crate! □ I actually had a blast building this with my boys helping! The 3 of us together whipped it up in one and a half days. So out to Home Depot, we ran with Richard in tow, that’s his name, by the way, so that when he is acting like a dick, and we call him Dick, it’s just part of his name! Lol! So far he is sweet as can be and not a dick at all, but he also isn’t protecting hens yet so that means nothing!□ Well you see, as I was loading him into my car, she reminds me that the rooster cannot be near the chicks bc he is old enough he will try to breed them and that will kill them!□Uh-oh! He was going to forage the backyard until I had the coop ready…shows you what an inexperienced chicken farmer I am!□□ In the middle of raising my 20 pullets, I decide that you know what, “I love these ladies so much, I want to have more chicks, not just eggs!” So I contacted the lady that I bought my babies from and sure enough, she had a juvenile rooster for me to buy! Woohoo! ![]() I did as a LOT of people did when the store shelves were void of eggs, I purchased 20 pullets (baby hens) so that I could have my own eggs! I am also very particular and want MY kind of eggs, I buy pasture-raised, soy-free, organic eggs and I do not want to have to lower my standards on the eggs we eat, so I figured it was time to bite the bullet and start raising my own! I have only wanted to do this for the past 13 years! Lol!
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