large-coops

Before I built this 12 by 12 (outside dimensions) coop for about $200 back in 1985 when I got back into chickens after a 30-year hiatus and after living on this property for 24 yrs (there was a cobbled up horse shelter which was home to a horse my kids had when preteens on that spot previously)...

NorCal's 8'x8' Coop (Laurie & Russell) Foundation & Sub Floor Frame for One Wall With Main Door Four Walls Up & Windows In Siding & Roof Trusses Up! Chicken Wire Over Two Vinyl Windows (cheap from Craigslist!) Part of Roof frame and siding up. Roof with...

Here are some pics of the "Bronerized" coops and pen. The two coops are on the back of the shed. The front part is used for storage . . . right now. This is the little (original) coop for the "few hens" I started with. Its 7' x 8'. It has two nest boxes and two roosts. I couldn't get...

Our Chicken Adventure (So Far ...) Hi Everyone! We have never raised chickens before but we've got some friends who do, and we decided to give it a try! We live in upstate New York and have an old farmhouse on about 12 acres. The original house was built in 1775, then it was expanded sometime...

Chicken Palace of the North....or as my relatives like to call it...The Chicken Taj Mahal! I hadn't raised any chickens since I was a kid (when my dad used to order COPIOUS amounts and broilers, tell us what to do, and leave for work!) so I thought that I needed to try it again and maybe...

Welcome to my BYC page! I am the proud mother of 6 year old twin girls and married to a wonderful, loving and tolerant husband!! We live in Pueblo West, Colorado which is kind of like a suburb of Pueblo if that's what you want to call it. It's more like the desert if you ask me but I love it...

This is our almost finished chicken coop. It is a converted stall in my horse barn. It will house 16 chicks. 6 Barred Rocks, 5 White Rocks and 5 Black Australorps. The coop itself is 10 x 10 with an attached run of 10 x 16. The floor os the coop is concrete. The run footing is a base layer...

The Chicken Experience... It all began when my good friend, Rachel, started giving us fresh eggs. When I saw how simple and effective her coop setup was, I started thinking that I'd like to have a few hens myself. I love eggs! So, one day I mentioned to my DH that I really would like to have a...

Da Chicken Bus Back in the early spring my dog and I found and old school bus out in my friend's woods. I got it for free and had it towed to my place where I sized it up for a serious re-fit to be used as a coop. Below are some pics and short description of the process of turning a short bus...

Here is our Chicken Palace. This is prior to the paint. This is an ongoing project and is no weekender. We acquired 27 RIR (26 pullets and 1 cockerel) and a White Crested Black Polish in June. We picked up 3 RIR hens, 3 BO hens and 1 BR hen in August. We then got 1 BO hen with 4...

Recycled materials-chick coop project (Fall 2012) 1) First load of recycled wood from local landfill 2) denailed/sorted several loads 3) studs on location! 4) site slopes gradually-have 4x4's blocked and level......first sheet of 1/2" plywood in place. 5) floor finished! (8'x10') 6)...

HER PRESENT It started in early August this year, when I asked, "What do you want for your birthday, honey?" She didn't answer immediately. It took several hours and deep comtemplation before she landed on her most pressing need: "Chickens." "Say what?" I asked, a little bewildered. I...

Hello To All Visitors, I just became a member on BYC in October 2010 and below is my short introduction and coop project. My folks and I recently got together to combine our resources to get a new manufactured home on 1.89 acres. Growing up my folks had chickens and my dad's parents ran a...

We wanted to use materials that we can recycle, all the metal and wood plus windows and paint are all recycled items. We took our time to find the pieces, we posted online, searched the local papers and drove around town. Some suggestion we didn't follow and in the future if our flock grows...

Oh Darn! How did these chickens get here?! My obsession with chicks began while I was doing research on pest control. After studying for nearly a year and planning a coop and run, 10 chicks won my heart forever. I had to hurdle an obstacle with my City, however, because I accidentally put my...

~Sassy Silkies~ Welcome to my page! My family and I reside in Beautiful N.W. Pennsylvania. We just recently bought our new home in the fall of 09. We have been enjoying it every minute since we moved in, but we cant wait for spring to get here so we can enjoy it even more. Heres the new...

The plan at the bottom of this page shows our backyard coop in suburban Central Maryland. We started with a general purpose 6'X8' utility shed situated in a fenced area between the back door and the vegetable garden. Had we built from scratch, we'd probably still be working on it, given our...

Turning the garden shed into a coop. It took a little persauding but I finally convinced my hubby that having chickens was much better than having a shed full of junk! Now, where to put that junk....... . Before...

The Chicken Country Club Extreme Makeover! began July 2010, complete (?) May 2011 This is our coop remodeling story. Here is the finished (are coops ever really finished?) product. We started with an old 8' x 16' shed used as a chicken and/or dog house by previous owners (below), but now...

Our Chicken Coop/Garden compound. I made the floor 8x16 from 2x4 treated lumber and covered with vinyl. Walls going up. Standard 2x4's with a treated floor plate. Roof construction Back door. Used for coop cleaning and added ventilation in the summer. The screen and board are...