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I'm actually glad I had boys - I remember what I was like as a teenage girl My youngest boy has actually been a huge help with the coop and run. He's a hard worker and mostly pleasant. Until the teenage attitude rears its ugly head once in awhile! His brother got to go off to college last...

Mine is sort of a half A-frame. It's 8x12. I got it off of craigslist for $200. It was used as a garden shed and I converted it to a coop. I have 16 chickens in it and they have plenty of roost space and 5 nesting boxes. I don't have pics of the rest of the inside, but very roomy!

Make that two 15 yr old boys!

Wow! Very nice.

FINALLY finished the run! Our $200 craigslist coop and the run we built for my 16 girls (well, 13 girls and possible 3 roosters) I would like advice on a top for the run. What works best to keep hawks/eagles/ravens etc out? We get lots of snow in winter so I need something that it won't pile...

Yes, but it takes longer if you don't do it properly the first time ;)   You have quite the nice looking coop and run there.  Thanks! I have 16 chicks now so it will be plenty of room for all of them. I will need to wind proof the inside of the coop before next winter. I'm thinking I will just...

I built these flower boxes for the coop out of the old shutters. I think it's turning out cute Here they are installed. Seems the chicks like their new digs pretty well. Almost done with the run... It has taken way longer than I had anticipated!!! Doesn't it always!

Thanks for the advice!

We have a few days each winter that are super cold, but average winter lows are in the 20's, winter highs are 30's-40's. Last November we had a -33! Our well even froze. It stayed cold for about a week. I like the idea of hinging a couple of windows, but I think I'll see how it goes first. If...

I'm pretty sure they would get way too cold as there are 6 windows total and we get pretty windy here. There are only about 6 weeks of real warm weather (80 or over at high). I'm more concerned with cold weather and wind/snow in the winter. The coop has open gable ends for ventilation.

I guess that's a possibility, it was originally a garden shed that I got off of craigslist and am in the process of converting to a coop. They might actually help in the summer as we can get pretty hot. Two windows face west and will get the afternoon sun.

I really don't know if I need to worry so much about rain. We don't get much here on the high desert. I really think it's cute the way it looks in the outside (yes, I'm being a girl about it ) I have a ton to do this weekend so I'll see how far I get! The C things are frames for shutters. The...

Great ideas! Thanks! I have 7 chicks 3 weeks old. 4 Australorps and 3 buff Orpington. I attached a couple pics of the inside, will definitely need to do the battens on the inside. Some of the gaps are a lot bigger than I thought. The wind comes from the west/northwest most of the time here so it...

Thanks! I will post more as I go. I live in Central Oregon, so we really don't get a lot of rain. The inside doesn't have any water marks from leaks, but I'll keep that in mind. I am planning to swap out the lattice eves with boards to cut down on wind drifting through. How airtight should it...

Thanks for the ideas! Snakes not so much - coyote, raccoon, hawks, eagles and neighbor dogs though! I piled the rocks around the base and will be putting hardware cloth on top of the dirt inside the coop since the coop doesn't have a floor. Then I'll put down gravel with a layer of shavings or...

I got mine off of Craigslist. I think it was a garden shed to begin with. As you can see, I am critter proofing still and building the run this week. Newbie to chickens so I'm excited to find so many ideas on here!