We started the whole process like any other building project with a foundation. On April 3 we put down a rectangle that would become our foundation. Then slowly started to level it out and put gravel and mulch in. After 5 days of creating the foundation we moved on to the skeleton of the coop. All of the boards came from a company called Carolina Coops, all we had to do was to set it up, paint it, and put in the hemp/bedding for the chickens. We finally finished on April 24 making the whole process about 21 days from start to finish.