How to build a chook (chicken) house

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This is the front elevation plan which gives a perspective of the frame viewed from the front. This plan also gives the width and height of the chook house, the angle and shape of the roof and an idea of construction from the ground to the apex.

The skids (i.e. what the chook house sits on) are of 100x100 stock and the joists are of 100x50 stock. Both skids and floor joists need to be of lumber suitable for outside use. The floor (18mm plywood) is fixed to the floor joists and then the rest of the frame is built on this. The chook house frame (wall and roof) is all of 100x50 stock, except for the corner studs which are 100x100.

This plan also gives detail of the roof rafters and pattern for cutting out the bird's mouth. The bird's mouth is the "cut out" piece of the rafter that sits on the top plate, as shown in the diagram below.

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Page 1: Introduction - Materials list Page 2: Plan - Looking down view Page 3: Plan - Front elevation Page 4: Plan - Side elevation	Page 5: Plan - The nest Page 6: Instructions step 1 - 3 Page 7: Instructions step 4 - 6 Page 8: Instructions step 7 - 8

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