coop building

I have an 8X10 sturdy metal storage bldg that I will use for chicken coop. I will have area on on both sides (about 10X8) for runs. All will be predator secure. My nesting area will be at back wall. Roosts toward front. My question has to do with protection against too much heat. I plan to...

Hello, I am new to raising chickens. My 5 babies are ready to hit the great outdoors. Getting ready to build a coop this weekend. Does anyone have suggestions of thing I might have forgot about? Also are the PVC feeders and drinkers the best way to go?

Hi! So I'm pretty new to this and have very little experience with building things. I started my coop about a month ago. I looked at different coop plans, bought materials, and went from there. I'm posting a picture of where I'm at with it now, I know I obviously need a door & to add chicken...

We recently converted our 12x11 shed into a coop with storage and added a covered run (to hopefully allow them to go out in bad weather/winter - we are in New England). I got 12 chicks, but I probably should have started with 6 because I already want to get more and they are only 7.5 weeks...

Anyone use solar power to have lights, heat lamp, fan and door for their coop and run? I have no idea where to start in looking into what i would need. Was going to run power from our house but that is out of the budget right now. Was told it would be around $1300 to run a line out there. Any...

Been lurking awhile, gleaning wonderful bits of advice for caring for our new flock of 7 chickens! 2 RIR's, 10 weeks old 2 Easter eggers (we think), 10 weeks old 3 "Ameracauna".....or Easter eggers, unsure if they are true Ameracaunas or not, 5 weeks old. Currently converting back 1/4 of our...

Hello! If I could have looked into my future 10 years ago into today I would be shocked. I was a city girl, raised in Chicago IL for most my life. After we transitioned to the far suburbs, we wanted something larger with no association rules so we moved to a 5 acre horse farm. Well we don't...

Our coop is nearly ready! The shed was the easy part! The foundation it required took awhile, as did the run. My husband sandwiched hardware cloth between 1x4s for extra security. Still working on the run roof, chicken door, and inside of the coop. Not sure how high to put the roosting bars...

I am trying to find something on using pallets stacked maybe 2 high for the walls and roof of a run. We have a 8x12 old shed that we are converting and i want to be able to have a run where i can go in and chill with the chicks.

I am looking for some ideas on what I can do to my coop I have about 24 chickens my coop is 12 feet by 12 feet and my run is 35 feet by 35 feet I have attached pictures of it but if anyone has any ideas on what else I could do to it I'd love to hear them.

Hit me up with questions or comments. I am eager to get any feedback. I designed this myself using some graph paper and took some ideas from the Internet. Backstory: Finally made the leap and got some chicks right at the end of April and had about 4 weeks to put this together before leaving...

Hi there! This is all new to us and hope you can help with some ideas. We will be picking up 4 pullets on Sunday and will be spending Friday/Saturday securing the coop/run from predators. We purchased the coop and pvc run this weekend and the previous owners of our home had this fenced in area...

How would you go about building a coop for 30 chickens that will free range during the day in CT, that costs less than $300. I tried to find a shed on craigslist, and I had no luck. I just need a secure night-time home for them. I have about 2 months to find one or build one. TIA for any...

I have an A-frame duck coop currently housing 3 ducks, I want to get more ducks because I have only males and want females. I wanted to extend my coop upwards by opening the A-frame and adding a second floor, would the ducks utilize it the way chickens do? I'm trying to build up because the base...

We started building our chicken palace last summer & continued though the winter. July 2016 October 2016 March 2017 The still uncompleted run (i am attaching the run sides to the coop) Another angle (notice how the chickens have stripped my yard of grass...i need to complete the run...

My family of 8 decided to raise chickens this year after several years of contemplating doing so. We went out and got some chicks and are currently building a coop by repurposing the kids old swing set/play house. Day 1. We cut about 18" off the legs and removed the swing portion all together...

I am new to chickens and I am wondering if my coop and run is going to be big enough. My coop is 4' x 5' and the run is 5' x 12'. Thank you in advance for your help.

Hello, my husband and I are building our coop inside an barn shed. We will be adding doors to the shed, but we're wondering about the roof...suggestions/thoughts please... We'd like to just add a plywood roof so we can store old wood scraps up on top, but two questions from that idea are, 1...

Hello! I'm a new chicken owner in SE Wisconsin (zone 5), and I've been trying to figure out what type of roof is best for the coop. I'm not sure if plywood or a corrugated material is best and if one is better than the other for ventilation? I am planning on adding several ventilation...