• Last updated 12/4/11 by hmmcc123

 Shipping Crate Coop    Our coop started out like this:   First, we  modified it by putting an extended roof on it to help to make it look better when we add the front and back run. The overhang will help to connect them together while still making the roof lines look nice. The coop itself has a black composition roof and the runs will have a corrugated metal roof. (We live in Washington state so these girls need a dry place while outside!) The roof built this way will also allow for plenty of venting. We cut venting out of the top of the original box and added... read more

• Last updated 12/3/11 by Florachick

Hi, these are pictures of my hens and their home. This is Eddie (short for Edna) my chief chicken, a brown Ranger This is Betty (Betty Boo) my light Sussex, a proper chatter box. This is little Flora, our baby, she loves to come for a cuddle. Here is Eddie as a 16 week POL pullet, with her friend Molly.  We lost Molly last year to a mystery illness. Molly and Eddie with Doris, one of our rescued hens, also saddly gone On no!    We've lost Betty and Flora in quick succession.  Betty at August bank holiday and Flora just a couple of weeks ago.  Think it was... read more

• Last updated 4/5/13 by neVar

The Chicken Castle   So after a winter of hmmmm'ing and hawwwwwi'ing reading and planning i finally settled on a coop idea.   It's based off of Heather Bullards coop she posted in her blog.  Now i'm pretty sure it won't end up looking the exact same.  She wasn't selling plans for her coop when this all started- or i would have bought them!  Dad is a good carpenter- but design is not his thing- but i think it will turn out great.    So It got made into a frame. Coop is going to be 4x6.  Run is 4x6.  The nesting box off the end is 2' long.  Height is... read more

• Last updated 11/18/11 by Gypsi

Gypsi's Chicken Page as of 2011-09-28 I had owned this house for 8 years and threatened to get some chickens for most of those years, as I eat 21 eggs a week. (yes I need a cholesterol test). My grandchildren came out in January 2010 for a weekend and said, "Grandma, you said you were going to get some chickens." So I went to the feed store, inquired on when chickens would be in, and started setting aside some money for the chicks and their necessities. On March 2nd we bought 5 production red and 5 bard rock pullets from the feed store. They lived in a box in the... read more

• Last updated 11/13/11 by kkourie

2011-06-25    The Shed Arrives from Lancaster, Pennsylvania!     After drawing a design, figuring lumber, getting prices and realizing there was not a lot of time before the chicks got too big for the fish tank, we decided to buy pre-built 10X12' shed from the Amish. With delivery it costs $2300. Gabe then retro-fit a vestibule about 3 feet in from the front for storage. 1/2 the wall is wire, the other half plywood. He built a feed box that fills from the vestibule side and holds more than 100 lbs. of food and gravity feeds into the coop area on the other side of... read more

• Last updated 5/11/12 by BYC Project Manager

  Kruer Duplex Coop   My husband, son, and I live in southern Indiana with our two dogs, Diesel and Ripley and three cats (Socks, Oscar, and Angel).  We enjoy having a small, mixed flock for pets and eggs.  Our coop started as single coop with a "chicken porch." Later, when we added girls, we enclosed the porch area to add another 24 sq. feet to the coop.  Building Our Original Coop:    Here were our steps: 1)  We built... read more

• Last updated 10/30/11 by SandyK

Sandy's Chicken Coup Once upon a time . . .  There was this woman who wanted some chickens.  Now she had some chickens, ducks and geese years ago, about thirty or so, but she moved away one day and found herself in a "protected" community.  No, not Beverly Hills, but one with covenants none the less.  Over the course of time, the rules relaxed, the covenants went away and with an empty nest she asked her DH if she could have - just a few chicks.  Wouldn't be much work and we could get a small coup for a mere pittance. So off to the Amish they went and bought a little... read more

• Last updated 10/16/11 by arianna

Videos: Three stooges http://youtu.be/Be8eFd7i3F4 George the rooster http://youtu.be/enaTIFN9KrQ Foxy the broody http://youtu.be/M0lTRrIeLNg The new roof is finaly finish.       before read more

• Last updated 10/15/11 by ecocheapomom

 Our Recycled Shed Coop  It Starts With an Idea and a Run-Down Shed: When we first started to discuss our chicken adventure this winter, I guess we just assumed that my handy hubby would build a coop. But as spring grew near, the cost and chore of our endeavor began to weigh on my mind. When I was out with the dog one day, the raggedy old shed in the woods that had come with our property (purchased a year and a half before) suddenly looked like something that was calling out for a new life. It had yet to find a use other than rock throwing target practice for our son... read more

• Last updated 11/13/12 by Steadfast

Steadfast's Chicken Coop Condo!   Total project cost: $1000.00 Made by modifying my teen-age daughter's outgrown Wooden "Swing-N-Slide" swing set... The entries for this construction are posted in REAL CONSTRUCTION TIME! -Enjoy! From This: To This: Here is a Tour Video of the finished Coop:   Here is the tour after I installed the solar and Wind turbine power. yes, this coop got all kinds of ridiculous oppulant!!!     And now, How I built it all: To begin with, Yah Gotta have a PLAN! Here is a copy of my Chicken Coop's,... read more