Princeton Chicken Coop

I wanted this backyard chicken coop in Princeton to last for 100 years; so I utilized traditional wood-on-wood joinery throughout the build so that it would hold together intrinsically, without relying on the longevity of the metal fasteners alone. Where I did use screws to reinforce the joinery, the construction is such that, even when every screw rusts and fails, the coop will still stand. As a point of pride, all of the heavy duty raccoon-proof doors (two on the coop, and the dutch door on the run), were built without using a single screw, only hand carved 3/4" wooden pegs and wood glue.

Natural building techniques used:

No pressure treated wood! Sill plates are coated with authentic black pine tar (what Vikings used to waterproof their ships), and everything else is painted with traditional, non-toxic linseed oil paint for bulk water protection + vapor breathability.