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Oooh a coop contest? I'm in!

Thanks! They are very spoiled :)

This is (I'm pretty sure) the heater we got for the 5-gallon bucket.

I added an edit to say that we DID put perches in front of the nest boxes. For the first few months, we had the nest boxes covered with a tarp so the chickens wouldn't try to sleep in them. When we thought they'd be laying soon, we took the tarp down and added perches. I'll get a photo later...

The run as of today! (Yes, most of our snow has melted this weekend, it's been crazy warm! But I'm sure we'll have a blizzard again soon!) In the photo is their feeders, we have two of these. We also have a small dish for oyster shells, free choice, for the ladies. You can see the poly...

UPDATE! Finally And LOTS of photos! The summer went by so fast, and I kept meaning to update what was going on with our coop construction but... every evening I was just totally exhausted! But finally, here it is! The chickens/guineas have been in the coop since July. Here are some photos...

Got the roof on! Trusses went up and we spent the weekend shingling it. There were three buildings on our property - the house, barn/garage and cabin - and all three had a different type of shingle. And since we didn't know exactly which shingles were used, or if we could even still get them...

Some progress photos (pole barn construction): The next step is leveling the ground and waiting for our trusses to arrive this weekend.

Like I said before, we definitely won't have the coop filled to capacity in winter. Half full, max (around 7 sq ft per bird). And that's in a few years.

Here's a question though: Is there any such thing as economy of scale when it comes to chickens? For example, everyone recommends 4 sq ft coop space and 12 in roost space per bird. Definitely true if you have 4 or 6 birds.... but what about when you start getting into 70, 80 or 100? I've read...

Thanks Mary! The reason we are adding onto the cabin the way we are is it was the easiest and cheapest, as the north and south sides are the gable ends of the cabin, and didn't use up the south side of the cabin (where we plan to add a greenhouse). We are definitely going to cover up the west...

I've been a longtime stalker fan of BYC, and I've come here so much over the last couple years looking for tips to design the most amazing chicken coop ever! This group, and so many users, has been a huge help. Shoutout to BillT for his brooder box design, Opa for the roll away nest box design...