Morgan’s Garden Ark Portable Chicken Coop, Portland, Oregon

I got this note from a friend the other day:

John, just wanted to say thanks for The Garden Ark chicken coop plans. I finally have it done and four hens happily residing. The plans were great. I made a few modifications though:

1. I used poultry fencing instead of hardware cloth, for no good reason other than I’m a cheap bastard and I like little tiny cuts on my hands.
2. Instead of clean, straight cuts made with a good saw, I decided to go with a more organic-wavy-line cutting style made with a jigsaw. I think I’m in a Frank Gehry phase.
3. Instead of “reading all the text,” I often proceeded based on the photos and blind, baseless confidence in my abilities to intuit what you intended. Doors may be in the wrong place, extra 2x2s may not have been used, mistakes may have been made.

All in all, very happy. Getting three eggs a day. –Morgan