No job is too small for Northfield Construction! Earlier this spring one of my daughters and her husband decided to get a few chickens. They live in Minneapolis and they went through the process to be approved for four backyard laying hens. They purchased baby chicks and before long the babies started growing. This is where Dad helped out.
They needed a chicken run and a house for them to get
out of the weather. I fabricated the run by making panels in our shop in Northfield. We screwed the panels together to make a nice safe, enclosed yard for the birds at the back of the garage. With nice weather the chickens have been getting used to being outside, picking at bugs and having a good time exploring a larger world. I made a nesting box and attached it to the garage wall.
I then made some insulated panels to create an indoor coop for the chickens to be protected from the weather. They also have a nesting box inside this area. A sliding door on the garage wall allows the birds to be kept in the run, or kept in the coop.
The birds are getting bigger every day. I’m guessing in about 5 weeks or they may be into some serious egg production!
