Building a Chicken coop

 Chicken Coop Project

Last week my parents, +Aghavni Ball and +Steven Ball, decided that we needed chickens. The problem is that we didn't have a coop. So my dad, +Steven Ball, and I got to build one.

Instructions and Questions on Building a Chicken coop

Problem: building a coop capable of holding at least 10 chickens with available materials.

Available materials:

 10 -2"x4"8'

 2- 4"x4"x8'

1- 3/8"x4'x'8 plywood

2- 3/4" plywood right-triangles, 48"hypotenuse

various 3" thick insulated  panels

70" metal roof ridge

various nails and screws

Additional Information:

20 gauge steal roofing is approximately 0.0359"

A 2x4 is actually 1.5" by 3.5"

Sheet metal screws come in .25" increments

Questions to Answer:

1. How much space does a laying hen require?

2. How much space should the coop be?

3. If the hypotenuse of the right-triangle is 48"then what is the length of the other two sides?

4.If the triangles are used for the gable ends of the roof and the maximum roof width is70" then how long should the 2x4s be cut to make a roof length of 70"?

5.If the metal roofing screws are 2" long and the metal roofing is 20 gauge steel and the rubber washer on the screw is 2mm will any of the screw pass through the 2x4? If so, how much? What size screw would be required to make sure none passed through?

6.On March 19, 1994, the largest omelette (128.5m^2;1,383ft^2) in the world at the time was made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan. How much area of omelette does one egg make, in square inches?

7. If you drive a car that gets 20 miles per a gallon and you drove to Yokohama, Japan (from where you live) how many gallons of gas would it take? Would it be possible to drive a car to Yokohama? Use Google maps to find the distance.

8.Why is it important to plan before you build?

9. What would you do differently if you built a second coop?

FYI

We built the coop in two days then got chicks.

Along with the 8 chicks we got 2 ducks to accompany them.

Our sheep and llamas both like watching the new animals.

Yesterday our buck/ram jumped into the coop and was stealing chick food.

The llamas and sheep like stealing food from the chicks.

I will post pictures soon.