The Run is Done, woohoo! ((lotsofpics))

And I couldn’t be more pleased with the finished look.  
Well worth the blood, sweat and tears it took to construct it. Everything is FLUSH and SOLID, so hubs is happy too.    

Front view


Garden side


The tunnel connecting coop and run


The ramp makes a great launching pad too, wheee! Lol


Top side (I had DH design it so I can easily add strategic roof panels at a later date)



Lily, Belle, and Nel approve   





Thanks for letting me share with you.

Nice!!! I like it!
You and the birds both will enjoy having some cover in the run area. Dry spots in the rain and snow.

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Oh that's great!  At first thought I was thinking "oh good for Flicker, she must have just completed a marathon" which I am sure it was of sorts!
I love the color coordination, wouldn't even look out of place in suburbia and being able to add roof panels is SMART!
Tell me about the tunnel?  It would make a great place for catching chickens im thinking or was that just the best way of the ground to put it?
And always nice to sell Lily again, shes looking good!

Love, love, LOVE! the connecting tunnel! If I were a chicken I would run back and forth through it all day!

And you cut the grass just for the picture? Nice!

I love it! Now I need to find an old granary. The birds will love it and the covered run will give you so much piece of mind. I'm envious lol Lou

Looks great!  

That looks fantastic!

How sweet!!! Just love, love love this:D A LOT of work went into that construction for sure. Great job!

That is SO nice! Your yard looks so well-manicured. As I battle with  -level weeds at my place, your tidy homestead looks so appealing. Your coop and run are lovely. Painting sure makes it look finished. And the tunnel - I agree with Sue. It gives it a playground feel. Your chickens must LOVE it!!

I want a tunnel for me to go between the house and the coop.

I showed husbeast your cute coop and he said "no." He's no fun.

This is great!  I love this house and run.  I have never, never seen such an awesome coop.  I think I am mesmerized  by the tunnel!

I know if I had that cool tunnel at my place it would have to have a cover or the chooks would be snowed in!!!

Now I am inspired! I have an uncovered tunnel for the dogs between the kennels and the house. I want a covered one for me! No more hauling out an umbrella to get to the barn!

Beautiful! Those are some very spoiled chickens you have. We had a chicken tunnel with one of our coops, the chickens loved it, we ended up nicknaming it the 'chunnel'.

XOX Monika

It looks like something from a foreign land. Like if there was a documentay on world wide chickens, that coop/run would be from some exotic place. I think it is perfect!

Wow, that is very, very nice,. a lot of work and thought went into that, beauty! Have a wonderful day, CynthiaM.

Wow…thank you guys! Your very kind comments have made my week.   I’ll try and not let my head swell too much (wouldn’t want it to not fit through the coop/run doors, haha) but boy, you’ve all made it hard!  Seriously though, I appreciate all your kind words, as does my partner in coop renos. Thank you.  

LoL miry, I wouldn’t be above calling it a marathon of manual labour. I am just lucky we had a lot of the material around, though some wasn’t exactly easy to get. Like the 2x6 x16 footers that make up the entire frame – those used to belong to the old deck on the back of the house. Not anymore! lol I love to be able to reuse and recondition things into chickeny items.  

And the tunnel – funny enough it started out because DH wanted something square to build onto, hence the pop door frame. We originally planned on using an old, metal tunnel I had repainted white (you can see it to the right of the cop in the top side pic) but someone mismeasured *ahem* and built the adjacent frame slightly too small. By this time the foreman had had enough run building, and the metal tunnel was scrapped in fav of keeping things simple. Hubby whipped the one you see up super quick and I haven’t so much as glanced at the metal one since.  

Oh my, do the chickens ever LOVE it. They spend a good majority of the day racing back and forth from coop to run. lol The only flaw with the tunnel I’ve found so far is during evening lockup. By the time I get around into the coop to shut/latch the chicken door, youngsters are already hanging in the tunnel part again. They like to sit inside just out of reach. Won’t be an issue once I have them treat trained, but for now I’ve resorted to pushing a piece of cardboard inside from the run to prevent tunnel dwellers.

No plans to use the coop during winter months right now, though I do have a tenplast roof cover cut out for the tunnel if need be. I left it open for now in hopes the rain will rinse away the chickens show of appreciation.  

Chunnel, LoL that’s awesome, and my new word of the day.  


Lou, I hope you can find a grain bin that would work close to you. Shouldn't be too hard here in SK, I see them everywhere and not many farmers use the wooden ones anymore. Will keep my eyes peeled!  

And sharp-eyed Sue, nothing gets past you!  I didn't actually cut the grass for the pic, BUT when I learned hubby planned too, I did wait until afterward to take the pics.  Busted!

That connecting tunnel is a great idea!

Oh ya, meant to mention, that connecting tunnel is fabulous. Geeeze, this whole thing is the coop of the year!! I dont' know what it is about the adolescents. The remind me of teenage kids, or kids period, that just don't want to go inside, too much to do outside. My flock of about 21 little cochins are all about the same age, and they are the last ones to go to bed. they free range from the moment of going outside when I open the big gate until end of day. Almost dark before they meander in their house, the mature birds had gone to bed hours before....seriously....just before the darkness. Kind of irks me, cause I want to be in bed by then, but no....they still want to play, brats!! Have a beautiful day, CynthiaM.