Entry #9: Lowe's

3/5/13
8:56 am

Wowwww okay so building this coop is actually a lot more work than I thought. Well I haven't gotten my materials yet but my dad and I went to Lowe's yesterday and determined what our materials we were gonna use and guessed a rough estimate of the pricing of it all....$150!!! I was actually really surprised at how much that is..and it's just for the wood.

I made a computer sketch of what I thought it was going to look like but it wasn't precise enough so I sketched it out by hand which I will post pictures of once I have all the views sketched out.  My dad and I decided it would be much easier to make the measurements 8x8x8. This will mean it's basically an 8 foot cube.

When we got home from Lowe's we measured how high the deck was and it was exactly 8 feet high! This was perfect because now I will be able to nail the coop's roof directly onto my deck, and use one of the sides of my house as a side of the actual structure, meaning I am able to use less materials! This was all my dad's idea. He has been such a big help with all of this, but I'm pretty sure he's excited to help me make this coop too!

So now what I'll do is finish the sketches of the coop, with all the parts included, see how many pieces of wood I will need, and then run it by my dad to make sure I have everything correct. After that we will get the materials from Lowe's, and proceed to build.

Originally I wanted this to be done before I left for Costa Rica, which is March 29th, but as my dad pointed out, there is still a lot of work to be done before then. This also includes getting the incubator materials and setting that up as well! Ahhhh so many things to think about. But at the same time, I'll have time to work on the coop while the eggs are in incubation which will be about 21 days. So there's a lot for me to consider right now!