• Last updated Today by ByN8ureHomstead

Here is my chicken Tractor. read more

• Last updated Yesterday by BedlamsEndFarm

Victorian Porch Coop My wife sells architectural salvage. This is a Victorian porch. I put it back together and added a roof and nesting boxes. When it gets colder, I will add a small inner house, to roost in. read more

• Last updated Yesterday by markt

Describe 'Hollaegg Inn                     The journey begins!                              read more

• Last updated 5/18/12 by elandale

            The Horse Barn Chicken Coop was designed to match our horse stable. I couldn't find a design, let alone plans, for what I wanted, so I gave DH my idea & desired dimensions, and he planned & built it out of a mixture of leftover & purchased materials. It has lots of light to help the hens lay well, good air circulation for our hot, humid NC summers, and plexiglass shutters to close off the windows in the winters, which get down to 0 F. We use deep litter inside, just like our horse stalls.   Its features include: room for up... read more

• Last updated 5/16/12 by maculated

This was inspired by our last Central American trip in which one of the prevaling memories was of nonstop chicken and rooster sounds. You've got your bright color, your tin roof, and spartan design. The inside has a roosting perch and three nesting boxes with a removable top to access them. The yellow chicken on there is the Gallo Mas Gallo logo. read more

• Last updated 5/16/12 by chickenlickin8

After months of researching Chicken Keeping on BackYardchickens.com, we decided to have some backyard chickens of our own in our average size backyard. We live in a chicken friendly area and decided to remodel an attached garden shed into a chicken coop. My DH is handy and together, we planned how it would look and the features it would have. Mostly, I came up with the ideas and my wonderful DH said "Yes, dear!" and he brought the ideas to life for his wife =)  If you have an attached shed, it's perfect to convert into a coop. Here's what we did....   First, we... read more

• Last updated 5/15/12 by Kriquet

After 3 years of our Playhouse Coop - we embarked on a quest for enlarging our flock to include bantams.  Knowing that we didn't want the little girls to get mercilessly picked on by the big girls - we decided to construct a smaller Bantam Coop in which to house the "not-so-big" girls.   Here is the pictorial review of the saga that was our summer:        The coop had to be enclosed on top to allow for our bitterly cold winters but have enough ventilation to deal with our hot hot hot summers.  I didn't want a huge footprint so wanted to have the run... read more

• Last updated 5/14/12 by gmickey2001

This coop is mostly a copy of that posted by CountryRoosterUSA's Coop, it was a really great design and suited our needs well.  I thought this thing would take me a few weekends, but boy was I wrong.  Anyway here are some pix and I just have to say that it feels really good to finally be done with it!  Sorry, some of the pix are sideways.  If you turn your head to the left, they look perfect though.   There are 8 chickens in this coop, I think they have plenty of room and seem quite happy so far.   read more

• Last updated 5/15/12 by mckellar11

This is my first time to have chickens and build a coop. It took much longer than expected but I'm pleased.   The finished look without the wire.     I had some good help.   The roof. I had no plans. I just started and problem solved along the way. (might have been a mistake, very heavy)   Nest box. I put a divider to make two 12 x 12 x 12 boxes.   Turned out to be very heavy after the roofing and siding.   Clean out door under the nest box.   The egg layers. Mary Kate & Dorsey.   OUR FIRST EGG!!!   read more

• Last updated 5/13/12 by Queengoddess

This is a Queengoddess one-of-a-kind chicken tractor! I drew the design myself and my husband went to work building it. I love, love, LOVE how well it turned out. It is 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. The chicken "run" area is 4 feet tall. I have a nesting box area that sticks out the back (you can just barely see part of it in this pic) with a flip-up lid for ease of gathering eggs. Just today I got three Silkie hens, an Ameraucana, and a Frizzle. Can't wait for them to get old enough to start laying! read more