Chicken coop and pen

[Frank S]

Already having a nice sized chicken coop but also having a broken down pen I decided it was high time to get ready a batch of spring chicks.
The coop on the left is 10 ft by 10 ft the pen used to be 10 by 20 but 90° to the coop and almost completely down. I made it 10 by 22 in line with the pen so Icould take advantage of constructing a wind wall to block the North wind

The structure is made from solid RR cross ties in the rear and 4x4 posts in the front all posts are at least 3 ft in the ground. The top rails are 2x4's screwed together to make 4x4's All sheet metal is nailed on with 2" galvanized roofing nails in every corrugation

I used 3 boards to hold up th etop sheet while I nailed it to the cross tie posts



All around the pen I embedded sheet metal a foot deep in the ground and added 4 strands of barbed wire in the trench

The scructure is finished all that i slacking is the door and the wire mesh and of course the chickens.