Chicken Hoop House, Part Two

DH got the rest of the parts we needed for the hoop house today, so work could go on!  DH is a highly motivated man when there's a job to be done.

The completed door with hinges and a really neat locking mechanism.  It's a simple lock, but DH has a hook attached to a chain to close it with.  No need for a key, and no lost lock!

Close up of the lock, just because I think my hubby is a genius!

The back tarp goes up.  Now this is not secured towards the top, because you want to be able to turn the top section down for airflow on hotter days.  We don't want to roast those birds just yet!

Side view.

 Covered with the canvas tarp.  When they say a canvas tarp is 10 x 16, they don't REALLY mean it's 10 x 16.  It probably WAS 10 x 16 before they did the hemming.  Hm.  So now we'll need to get two smaller tarps for the bottom two sides to put under the canvas tarp.  Actually that works out better, because this way the chickens won't be able to peck at the canvas tarp.

Part of the chicken hoop house team.. photo taken by the missing team member ;)  We called it done for the night, it was starting to rain again and the smell of chicken stew was starting to waft outdoors.

Almost there, stay tuned for Part Three!