Hello Friends,
My husband and I built this coop over 3-4 weekends. We found that the Kreg system of joinery was by far the fastest and easiest way to connect all the parts. No overlapping joinery was required and the joints are as strong as could be. If you position the bored holes to the...
This is our first flock... this is our custom, DIY garage coop! I will be working on the run this coming weekend.
Here's a YouTube link for the full tour of the coop:
I will attach some photos too... my boys enjoyed picking a bunch of dandelions and presenting the girls with a big salad!
I hope it helps people like me that are not too strong and need something easy to maintain. I designed a coop that is 3 feet high and the floor I use wire so the poop goes down to the ground where I can easily use the rake and done. In winter I attach play wood at the bottom to protect the hens...
This is our Barn Red Coop.
I had to change phones so the building pics were lost. Then I had back surgery, then we moved. So I will do my best to explain it. I had help from my son and husband on this. My son framed it. My son used 2x4s for basic framing but used 2x6s for support corners and...
Hello! I am a mother hen to 6 chickens right now. Last year was our first year in chicken ownership so we had to have a coop. We scoured the internet for free and cheap recycled materials to make a coop. We had a goal in mind of using recycled good and saving money.
We found a free kid's...
I consider this coop to be one that is medium size. At 64 square feet, its 8' x 8' foot print is small enough for most back yards but large enough for 16 hens. (16 birds*4 square feet coop space per bird= 64 square feet total). We are putting it into a pen that is 20' x 20' so this 400 square...