Roof has been shingled!

So, yesterday afternoon and this morning...look what I did!!!!! Yep, burned my hands on hot shingles, got blisters from hammering in a million nails, and got asphalt glue type substance stuck to my backside. This was so much fun! I love roofing, however, it is very high up..yikes! And I was 2 2/3 shingles short, so need to go get another pkgs to finish the ridge cap.

Still priming the interior!!!

While John is on the roof, various children and I are hard at work inside. The interior is primed now, except the front wall which we haven't installed yet. Now to paint! We have chosen high gloss white!

Roof boards are all up and some felt paper

Today John and the boys finished putting the OSB up, the drip edges on the eves, and started rolling out the felt paper. Next...we will open the stack of roofing shingles and learn to roof!

1/2 the roof is on and the rafters have been painted

Here we are busy at work on the coop again. It was a busy Saturday filled with soccer and a short jaunt to the Gateway Poultry show. We helped out a wee bit, and checked out a few gorgeous birds. So, we rushed home at the end of the day to see if we could get some things accomplished. Well, John was home first and painted the primer on the rafters, and the gloss paint on the roof boards. We worked together to get the boards up on top and nailed down. We worked right up until dark. We had hoped to get both sides of the roof up, but alas, just one side, Sunday we will see what we can do. We are getting closer everyday!!

Started priming the inside walls!

We all worked together today and primed a lot of the interior. Boy, I had a lot of helpers. Work on this will continue tomorrow.

Primed the OSB underside of the roof prior to installation

With Lexi and Gia's help, we primed 7 sheets of OSB. I think that will be easier than doing it after they are up there.

Another 1/2 wall up

John and I got the 5th sheet of the exterior attached last night! Now we just need to cut out the south facing window.

A tiny bit of the roof has been attached

So the first piece of the roof is on. John and I got it up there last night and hammered in to place just as the daylight faded to black. Hopefully today we can get some more of the roof on. I will be sure and keep you up on any new progress.

Half of each side wall attached

Rear Exterior wall has been attached

Two 4'x8' sheets of grooved exterior plywood and we have a back wall!!

Fixed the miscalculation, 2 sets of rafters added

Added a set of rafters at the front and back!

More Rafters

More rafters are on. Kids are having a ball climbing all over like monkeys. Now we are solving a slight miscalculation, no biggee, just need to add longer bits of top plate to accommodate a pr of rafters at front and back.

Ridge Beam and a Few Rafters

John and Anthony have been busy this morning. Finally it is not raining, so we can make coop progress! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last night we got the porch ceiling put on

Last night as the kids and I were at the Poultry Club meeting, John wrestled this sheet of plywood to get it up on the porch. He cut it to size up there and cut the slots for the rafters. Unfortunately as he began to screw it in place he accidentally screwed a hole in his finger, so the progress on the coop will have to continue this evening.

One month of chickens!

Our Barred Rock chicks are one month and a day old!!!
They are so friendly. Here is "Cheeper." Vincent has really fallen for this girl!
Soon her new home will be complete!