coop construction

Hello, I am new to this site and wanted to share My coop. I am an engineer by day and think I did an ok job on my coop. I Designed and built this coop after a lot of planning and research. Tell me what you think! Please subscribe to my YouTube channel for future awesome engineering ideas...

Exhibition House Coop I wanted to post our coop design here, but am realizing I didnt take enough photos of the process. I'll try to explain as much as I can remember. Feel free to comment with any questions, critiques or tips for the future. Duration: It took my husband and I about two...

I recently took in 2 Swedish drakes and I'm making a duck house for them. I plan to get some girls for them soon, but its hard to find any for sale around me. I have a coop to hand that I want to use for now, it would give them about just over 12sqft of space, of course that's just for over...

This is my first dip into chicken raising. My wife brought up the idea years ago when we bought our house but we never put any serious thought into it until this year. I spent about a month researching what should go into a chicken coop, and coming up with a design for ours. I used these forums...

Hello Everyone! Two ducks incoming next spring, starting preperations now. I have a few questions! 1. Is 13'x10' big enough of a run for 2 ducks, it would include their 2x6 hutch, and a 4x4 pool, as their 'run' will be their place all day. When we are home they will be free range in the yard...

I am nearly finished with my large 16'x8' lean to style coop! My boyfriend and I built it from the ground up with no plans and no prior experience. I absolutely love it so far! I have many small things to do yet and some more predator proofing to do but it has come together very nicely. I'm...

We adopted two hens a bit more than a month ago so I guess it's time to stop lurking on this site. Our adoptees are Ella (an "Easter Egger") and Cleopatra (a Golden Laced Wyandotte), but we have an order in for three Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks, ETA early December. Am currently building a coop...

I figured out how to add multiple pictures. So, here are more pictures of the chicken coop build. I am going to line the floor with linoleum and shove the waste out the small opening. Still undecided about the type of roof or siding on. I ordered these for my water station I am building out of...

I've seen people ask about raising quail indoors, or reducing smell in coops. I actually have my coop with 4 birds, in my bedroom. Before I had to move back in with my folks, I had them in my apartment. How can I handle it? I've actually figured out how to create a nearly completely smell free...

I'm making my silkies a separate coop and I might be able to make it before winter. I'm getting a large dog house that I'm going to make a coop out of today and im deciding where I want it and how big the run will be. For the run would 94 inches long and 86 inches wide be big enough for 7...

We have some tenacious raccoons in our area, and are trying to keep that in mind as we finish our new coop. Our concern is that we have three sets of two vertical doors which need a lock that wont come apart if both doors are pulled out simultaneously. What has worked best for y'all? EDIT...

So we built our coop in April about a month after we got our chicks! After learning more and more, we have give the ladies and gents(surprise gents) some upgrades!!! Let me know what you think!! The dust bath is a hit!!!

Hi! I am new to chickens, located in Ohio, and am picking up 4 chicks next Monday. I am confident in my brooding setup, but need some help with my coop design. I am on 3 acres with a huge backyard, woods, and barn. There is a lean to on the back of the barn opening to the east and to the...

Please share the inside of your smaller coops. I have a 5x6 coop that we built this spring. I am not 100% happy with the way the plans have the roosts set up. I am wondering how others have set up the inside of their smaller coops. Where are your roosts? Food and water? Thanks!

Hey everyone!!! Below is my most recent build, so follow along, and if you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to post. I, like so many others here started out with a few balls of fluff last spring, So i built them a raised 4x8 coop. Then chicken math happened.... if 6 are...

Hi friends:) I have 6 young girls right now and we are trying to figure out the best way to build a coop/ run to protect them in the palm desert heat. We have a prefab coop set up now, but are purchasing a 10 ×10 dog run to give them more space. We are not sure what to use as roofing...would...

the back. Where we gather eggs, I like the egg door folds down and not roofed to reach in from top. Easy to clean this way.

I have a small prefab coop for my backyard flock of four (two adult EEs, a 10-month-old BR, and a 4-month-old BO)... Measurements are roughly 2 ft deep x 3 ft wide x 4 ft tall at the top of the peaked roof. The single roost runs the width of the coop, so about 33" (2.75'). The coop has a pop...