Just adding the photos for now, with more details to come, as well as inside photos! Fall 2012 Winter 2012 Building in 2007 Egg Ports We originally built the coop without outside access to the three nest boxes on the inside. Later we added these large PVC pipes and caps with handles to access the eggs from the outside. read more
I'm a 58 year old woman with NO carpentry experience at all and I built this coop from start to finish by myself - what an incredible learning experience! I used The Garden Coop plans which were wonderfully detailed and I just took it 1 step at a time, gradually getting more and more confident in my skills - I even got brave enough to change things up and add some of my own touches to the basic plan based on all the ideas I got from BYC! The chicks are 2 weeks old and will move out in another week or... read more
We finally finished our cute little coop. It will be home for our 1 EE Rooster "Chiefaroo", 2 EE Hens (Pullets) "Ms. Priss" and "LuLu", 1 Blk. Cochin Bantam Rooster "Whodat"and 1 Blk. Cochin Bantam Hen "Fancy Feet" Right now a EE Rooster "Scratch" and a Blk. Cochin Bantam "Tinyroo". But it's time for them to be rehomed. read more
So here goes... My wife is a 4K teacher, and hatches eggs in her class every year. I've been threatening for years to keep the chicks. This year, we only had 1 hatch, so I decided to keep her around long term. I built a brooding box out of an old dresser, the post is in the Brooder section. From there, we started making a coop. I have a pergola next to the garden in my back yard, and one over the deck as well, so I figured, why not keep with the theme. The "Mattersville" name is an old joke between some friends of mine and I. There is a song from NOFX called... read more
Before ... we have a walk out basement, under a narrow deck. Cleaned out all the junk & started construction on coop ... floor approx. 4 ft x 4.5 ft. 36" high. Coop box nearing completion ... before paint. Painted inside & out. Inside ... 2 nesting buckets (4 gallon) in a 2x4 frame. Can be extended to 3 buckets if needed (only 4 chickens.) Pop door in back corner with hook latch on outside. Vent window needs chicken wire on it yet. Roost bar next to window. About an inch of sand on the floor. Ready for the chicks/pullets (now 4... read more
I used a combination of new, used, and scrap materials to build the coop. The coop was also built in more of a rush than I wanted. We had bought four pullet-sized birds and they were living in a dog-crate in our garage. I did not have schematics drawn up prior to building this coop. I had an idea in my head and designed the coop as I went. Some aspects may have been better if I implemented them better, but I was building the coop by myself so I constructed it in a manner that made it easy for me to assemble myself. Other than those areas in my narrative that... read more
I created this little pen as a brooder for when they are young or for quarantining a chicken when they are older. I'd love some feedback. It is 31" wide so that it fits through doors. It is 48" long and about 30" high.I have attached hardware cloth with screws and washer to stop predators when I use it outside. It has a shelf beside the door on top to place stuff that I'm taking in and out of the pen. It has a solid floor of 3/4" pressure treated plywood.The back and sides have a 12" boards to stop drafts. The front has a 6" board to stop scattering of... read more
I started with a pretty simple design, and the Man took things to a whole new level. I love how the coop doors can be opened to reveal hardware cloth. read more
