Who doesn't love eggs on toast?
I'm gonna show you how to make a chicken coop in this great little spot over here.
Might as well have a little twist on it, I'm gonna put a garden on top.
It looks great and it's easy to make.
These are all the tools and equipment you'll need to build the chicken coop.
The great thing about this project is that most of the timbers, we precut at Bunnings.
All you need to cut is a few mortise.
There's three main areas, an outdoor section, a roosting box, and a nesting box.
We're going to start with the outdoor section as it's the base.
We're gonna prebuild everything and then bring it together as one.
Now that our timber is cut, it's time to assemble our frames.
We're gonna use bugle screws to secure our timber.
Once you have your frame built, you're gonna attach the supports in the middle.
Once you've cut all the mortise for your roosting box, plant your timber and screw it together.
This frame is what we use as a door so I don't need to put support through the middle.
We want a slope on the roof of our chicken coop, so we're gonna cut some mortise on the
side walls to give it that fall.
Measure your timber and then mark out for your first cut.
Once you've got the mortise cut for your nesting box, you can assemble the frame.
Secure the frame together using screws.
Once you got your frames built, you can start assembling.
So assemble your outdoor section and your roosting box.
Lay it all out and secure it with a nail gun.
This is gonna be the base for the roosting box.
Now, I'm gonna assemble the rest of the outdoor area.
We're now gonna install the side walls and secure them with a nailing gun.
Now that we're finished with the outdoor section, it's time to assemble the roosting box.
Line the walls up with the rest of the frame then secure it with a nailing gun.
Assemble the walls for the entrance of the roosting coop.
Make sure you leave enough room for the ramp.
Secure the frame using a nailing gun.
Measure and mark out the decking boards that we'll use for the flooring in your roosting
box.
As you can see, it's starting to take shape now.
It looks great.
Outdoor section is finished, so is the roosting box.
Now, it's gonna put the frames on for the nesting box.
This is where we're gonna attach the frames for our nesting box to the roost.
We're just gonna use a nail gun.
Now, we're gonna align the roosting box with our pine decking.
We're gonna secure it with the fixing nails.
Fix your cladding with a fixing gun.
Now that we've finished the cladding for the roosting box, it's now time to move in to
the nesting box.
Measure and mark out the palings for the nesting box.
Use the same for the flooring.
We're gonna put a lid on the nesting hatch so it's easy to get the eggs out.
So assemble the frames to the doors.
Use a nail gun.
Now that our door is finished, we're gonna wrap in a chicken wire and then attach it
to the rest of the frame.
Secure the chicken wire with staples.
Once the door is attached, add chicken wire to the rest of the frame.
Install a ramp so the chooks can get into the roosting area.
The ramp is really easy.
It can be precut at Bunnings.
All you need to do is cut your wire and staple it down.
Attach the [inaudible 00:03:50] to the roofing using batons to hold it down.
Repeat the process for the roof of the nesting box.
Assemble the frame that's gonna hold in the plant for our rooftop garden.
And there you have it.
How easy was that?
It looks great and the chickens seem very happy.
I'm just gonna head down to Bunnings to finish off my garden.
But first, I'm gonna check my nesting box for some eggs.
How good is that?
Some fresh eggs on your toast.