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DiResta’s Cut: Building a Chicken Coop

Here’s a problem we didn’t expect Jimmy DiResta to have: Needing to house fast-growing chickens. The chicks he and girlfriend Taylor recently acquired to populate their upstate farm have rapidly grown into chickens, and they’re getting too big to live in the house. Solution? Build them a chicken coop.

A predator-proof chicken coop, naturally. The flightless birds will require a fox-proof dwelling, so Taylor designs one, then Jimmy and Taylor build it. I’m digging the time-saving stacking method Jimmy uses to keep the framing square. (Oh, and if you’re wondering why the camera angle looks odd when he’s up on the roof, it’s because with both hands occupied, Jimmy had to hold the camera in his mouth.)