moving the coop in place

Now that the coop was finished it needed a good coat of paint to protect it from the elements. We asked a close friend and artist, Peggy Turley, to give us some color patterns that would be unusual for a chicken coop but attractive to visiting children. After some trial and error, the coop became one of the most colorful buildings in Memphis. It was now time to move the coop to the outdoors.Easier said that done. We estimated that we had constructed an 800 lbs structure. We would need a least 8 strong man to successfully move this thing. Because I could not come up with a list of 8 strong friends ( no offense) I decided to follow the old country saying: " Do not do yourself what you can have done by a machine" . I remembered that our friend and neighbor, Steve Schwartz, had a Bobcat forklift that would have no problems with this project. Finally the Chick Mahal was in place.