• Created on Yesterday by slroxie

Once we decided that our next project would be chicken, we immediately turned our focus on 'where and how' to house them.   Although we live on a farm in the country, we did not particularly care to construct a permanent coop.  We wanted something mobile.  Something we could (fairly) easily move around as need, so as to preserve the vegetation within the coop area and to detour odor that would come from any manure build up.  We wanted something that would be safe and secure for approximately 10 birds.  Our plan was to design a coop that was also portable in the... read more

• Created on Yesterday by Sherryalaska

    X 6' with a 6 foot run. I've added a second open air run to the other side.  Our coop was built in May for Alaska, insulated and wired with a snowload roof. It was built for us from a playhouse design - we prettied it up. It's 8'  We run a B&B and the coop is visible from one of the guestrooms - had to be cute. My husband and I are both enjoy our young hens - new surprises every day. We anticipated predators; we have goshawks and foxes as well as neighborhood dogs including our own. However, I was surprised by a report of a blackie and her cub a few blocks... read more

• Created on 6/18/13 by CedarAcres

  Our coops are actually quite old.. built by my family in the late 1960's. They were all built using plans from a correspondence course on poultry through a university. We have three identical coops. All of my pictures are of the one we just painted (a fresh coat of paint looks so nice!), and the other two are still waiting their turn for the paint.    Here are some photos of the coops through the years:                     And here it is today:       As you can see, we have changed the run. We have actually had... read more

• Created on 6/16/13 by elisem

  This is Jackson posing by our finished coop.      Big Mama       CONSTRUCTION      CONSTRUCTION! Here you can see our old coop in the background.      Big Mama checking out the new hen house.     Unfinished Coop     Finished run.      The girls.     Tat posing in front of the finished coop.                 read more

• Created on 6/14/13 by Kagen

I had 12 chicks that I plan on joining the hens when they are 16 weeks old so I built this to house them till then.  In future I might use it to grow some ranger meat birds. The coop is on wheels, the front steers, and has screen bottom.  The run is really light and just gets pulled over and hooked to the coop. (also only one nut for the bolt the steering pivots on and the two hooks were purchased, total cost $1.45.  Admitedly some of the scrap was hauled down from family farm.)   took scrap boards and hardware cloth to make floor, added wheels and steering... read more

• Created on 6/13/13 by Hophead

  4x6 medium coop. No blueprints or much sketching. Just cut and swing the hammer. Hope you enjoy! The reason for the name of the coop is that my wife and I are big metal heads. We love our 80's hair metal music. Also, the siding is cement board to make it rock solid. All of the chickens were named after lead singers in metal bands.      Drove an hour to get the ones we wanted. 2 silver laced wyandottes, 2 isa browns, 2 white marans, 1 black copper maran, 1 blue maran, 1 americauna, 1 golden laced wyandotte. Had to build this brooder box in a hurry. Was... read more

• Created on 6/12/13 by bubba1358

"The Tank" is what my wife calls it. It's a 10-foot-by-6-foot, metal-paneled, movable coop, with handles, wheels, nest boxes, roosts, and a hardware cloth floor.   Here is The Tank right after being built:   Here it is with my chicks in their movable pasture:   Some of the notable features include: Locking double doors for egg collection Locking ramp for getting in and out Ventilation in the upper peak of the roof Roosting space for up to 40 (tightly squeezed) chickens 6 nest boxes, including two at 18" by 18" to accommodate my... read more

• Created on 6/12/13 by MsChickenMomma

Here is our coop. It is approximately 7x8ft.    This is the view of the coop from the doorway. Their little chicken door is what you see in the back on the wall, and their nest boxes are on the right.   This is the view from the wall in the back.      These are our nest boxes. They are over 100 years old. They were given to us about 10 years ago by someone we knew who was about 60 years old at the time, and he said his grandfather had made them for his chickens It has 3 rows of 5 nest boxes. We only use two of the rows. Each nest box is... read more

• Created on 6/10/13 by Renebou7

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• Created on 6/10/13 by Stumpy

    I built this Old West style coop for a dear relative whose rooster is named Cogburn.   He had previously given me a variety of lumber which was used in this and other projects.   I hope this will encourage other women to try construction.     All of the wall and roof framing in this coop was built with pallet wood and  sided with wood discarded from a Red Lobster remodel.  I happened upon three lawnmower pallets which contained lots of good 2X3’s.    The 4X4’s were donated, as well as the wood used for the skids and ramp.   The interior is paneled with... read more