Fiat fenestra!

Today, I finally got the southern wall of the coop completed. With Peaches' help, we installed a window in the middle of the wall and covered the inside of the window with hardware cloth. I put up plywood on the interior wall, covering the studs and packing straw into the gap to slow down the seepage of cold air. The chickens now have only one wall left to be completed. There's even a swell cable and handle so we can pull the window closed and latch it shut on the inside. Opening the window is accomplished by removing the handle from the interior hook and poking the window out with a big splinter.

The chickens now have about 9 square feet of light admitting space. And they're warm. Nice.

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