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3 member page submissions by the BackYard Chickens community.

Covered Wagon and Chik'n Hut Mobile Chicken Coops

I am building Chicken Coops and other Structures for animals hopefully designed for low maintenance and predator proof and would like ideas for the Ultimate Organic Free Range Open Air Chicken Coop ideas you've tried sounded great but didn't work and visa-versa here are a couple of examples of my work please comment with likes dislikes keep it respectful please. Covered Wagon 3 ft tall x 2 ft wide x 4 ft long 2 nest boxes, fair weather perch, entry gate,free range,organic,mobile  Chik'n Hut total length 10 ft with run installed Hutch with 2 Stalls,... read more

Fort Rox Coop

        The Fort Rox Coop Munchkin Mountain, Ohio                  It all began when I decided that having a few chickens around our place would be a fun and worthwhile project, for myself and our family. It would teach the kids responsibility and provide a great food source for our family. It wouldn't take much time or money to do and I thought that a few chickens running around would also help with our tic problem here on the hill. We already had 2 calves, 5 dogs, a cat and 5 kids so chickens seemed like the next logical step.        Ok,... read more

Our Hoop Coops

  • by yinepu

  Please note:  I don't always get notified when there is a comment to the articles that I have posted.. so if you have a question and I don't get back to you here... just drop me a PM * ~ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ~ *   I'll fill in all the details in a bit.. basically we used a 2 X 4 X 10 for each of the ends and two 2 X 4 X 8's with mending plates for each of the sides.. making the final coop size 8' 8" X 16' we use a total of 5 cattle panels (4 for the length and one cut for the end and door) the plywood was scrap 1/2" that we had laying around   My husband used a... read more

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