medium-coops

Here's the story of our Birds in Paradise Coop Design. We were fortunate enough to recently adopt three docile adult chickens from some friends, along with a small night coop. Our neighbor's daughter, Emily, promptly named them; Princess (the Alpha Chicken), Lucy and Shy-a. They were pretty...

A few years ago my wife got the bug to keep chickens and last year she got busy researching coops, urban chicken keeping, etc. We live in the suburbs but we are permitted to keep a small flock. After clearing it with our neighbors and writing a letter to our HOA stating our intentions my wife...

Our Urban Coop We are new backyard chicken owners. The law just passed in our city north of Seattle, WA and we jumped on educating ourselves on all things chicken. After much looking at coops on raisingbackyardchickens.com we came up with a plan and went to work building. We wanted something...

Pollo Palazzo means Chicken Palace in Italian which this coop turned out to be. Finished except for the landscaping this went way over budget and probably better than any other coop in the surrounding area but the girls love it. I got the design from My Pet Chicken under their chicken coop...

Staff note: We’ve been trying to find a way to restore the missing pics to this article but haven’t had any luck. Hopefully the author will be able to help us get the pics loaded back up! “It’s only a chicken coop!” I ordered the chicks to be delivered the week of February 13. We...

'Casa de Huevos' The story of how our coop came to be really starts last Summer when we were asked to tear down an old structure on my folks farm as a source of lumber to build a hen house with. Well that sounded like our best bet to get the materials we needed with minimal expense. So...

Our previous flock was taken by a mysterious massacre. They disappeared 2 and 3 at a time until the only thing left was one baby chick, who we named Gloria Gaynor. If it turns out to be a roo, "Gaynor" if it turns out to be a hen, "Gloria." I needed to make the run more secure accordingly...

NW Garden Coop...AKA "The Garden of Eggin" A view of the front with two of our pullets, Harriet (left) and Blue. The north side of the coop - you can see the ramp and pop hole door as well as the north smaller door with the flip up window open. He found this great little chicken sign that...

Got my first chickens, 7 of them, in March when they were just 2 day old peeps. It's amazing how much they grow in 2 months. Just got their Big Girl House completed and they seem to love it. It's the lazy woman's version, so it has the automatic solar powered, photo sensitive poultry door...

Finished Side #1 Ok here goes nothing :) I'm not sure if mine will count as I raise American Seramas and my "coops" are a little bit different from normal ones as my little birds don't get outside unless it is nice and NEVER unattended unless in their play coop (see below) but I'll post...

Chicken Gym Chicken Gym started life as a Jungle Gym. As the children grew older they lost interest in playing on the jungle gym. We live in a warm humid area in South Africa and have to consider heat and rain much more than cold. Summertime is HOT and HUMID and even the middle of winter is...

This is our log cabin coop: We didn't have any plans drawn out, just put up the first wall and went from there.. In the picture below, Mike is putting the finishing touches on by installing a gutter. We still have to put the hot wire around the bottom of the run and coop, but with the run...

When my wife and kids wanted to buy 4 hens for eggs i figured i better start making a coop. I found this site and did a ton of research on coop design. This is what i made based on all the things i found here. coop is a playpen style coop 4' x 16' x 5'8" inside hieght with a 3'6"x4' hen house 2...

My This is the basic structure! Our first chicken coop! We started with and old tree house and we have been modifying it to fit the needs of our chickens.This view shows the nesting boxes, with an opening top for easy acess. We closed in the window with chicken wire , we covered the roof with...

Setting the corner posts. Plenty of headroom for me (6'-0") Starting to frame the roof for the run. The coop will be part of the existing garden shed. The run roof all framed up. Using Vinyl roof panels so there is bracing every 2ft. The run framing complete. We then dug down and...

Now that there are actually chickens living in the coop, I thought it was time to add some new photos. This was mostly completed early July 2012. The photo below was taken Jan 2013. Footprint is 6' x 10', and the enclosed section is 3' x 6'. 7ft tall at the front, 6ft at the back. I had some...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have always wanted Chickens. I collected relics: (windows, door, boards) from tore down sheds, cabins, barns. The kids were on board to recycle their sandbox for a Floor Base and we were gung-ho to get some chicks. The hubby was not on board with the chickens. But it...

A "Garden Coop"/Wichita Coop Modification Built February, 2012 I had been wanting chickens for many years now but have not been able to convince THR (the Head Rooster) that it was a good idea. In mid Feb. the itch struck again and I came home from the store with a "Grit Guide to Chickens". I...

Board and Batten Coop on 4x4 Runners My wife and I recently moved from the city to nice secluded 12-acre wooded lot. It hasn't even been a year yet and she decides that she wants to get some chickens (and alpacas, but we'll save that story for another day). So.. after looking on Craigslist...

The Palace Chicken Coop When my wife brought home 5 fluffy new friends in July of last year, I knew a chicken coop was in our future. I also wanted to design and build it myself as a fun exciting project. Little did I realize that 5 months go by very quickly when you move into a new house...