small coops

I saw alot of great posts about the Little Tykes Coop! Never thought I'd need to go that route till someone posted that they use it as a grow out coop. So I got this great idea that I could make one and place inside my run to put 4 - 8 week olds in there. I posted a wanted ad on Freecycle and...

Here is a run down of how we built our coop. My husband did a fabulous job and we are very happy with the design. The ideas for the design were gathered from other users of this site and altered to meet our specifications. When building this chicken coop and adjacent locker / garden on top of...

My Husband and I started a project on a whim on Saturday afternoon. We wanted to experiment with no plans to make an 8 Hen Coop. Here it is in the works. It should be done tonight and outside with chickens in it WooHoo!! Well All the finishing touches are done and the girls and boys are...

Coop de Bill mall farm yard by most standards, the "1/2 Dozen Gang" is the resident Tick Control Patrol for our New England 2 acres.A s Coop de Bill was "established" Easter 2006, and has now grown to 8: 2 Bards, 3 RI Reds, 2 NH Reds, 1 Buff Orpington. We found your wonderful informative site...

We initially had a 10 x 10 chain link dog kennel and bought one of those pipe roofs with tarp cover that the hens could go in but the first winter the tarp tore and now each winter we put on a new industrial tarp to keep it covered as well as a support beam in the middle of the kennel. We have...

Tanya's Coop Design I didn't have any designs to go by, but while trying to find something that was visually pleasing, I found a children's playhouse that looked nice...I downsized the floor area, and put in an enclosed run underneath to utilized the small area I wanted to devote to the coop...

So, since hubby owns a local Exterior Home Renovations company, he brought home some left over pieces of 4" styrofoam 'board'. Not sure of the exact name and I probably should! Anyways, he built this all in a days work and the chickens certainly don't complain! This was built and ready to go...

WE STARTED WITH THE WOOD one by fours riped to 1 by 1.5" POCKET HOLES FOR MORE SOLID SUPPORT ASSEMBLING THE FRAME ALL THE PARTS ASSEMBLED ALL THE PARTS WITH WIRE AND STAIN WEATHER PROOF FOR OUT DOORS TIME TO ASSEMBLE ALL THE PARTS THIS ARE THE TWO FIRST WALLS THE COOP ON THE ROUGH...

"Old Glory" Herself!! This page is dedicated to our own labor of love. I thought that coops really needed a name, much like a car I believe it may bring luck. The words "Old Glory" stuck in my head. While at a supply store, I walked by a clearance rack that had Americana decor. Being the...

this is our very very first coop, dont laugh its a little crooked but we used all scrap pieces of wood to make it out of and it will serve its purpose. we are going to add a run to it soon as possible.

Here is my new coop that I bought in Kentucky...thanks to sugarbush! I love the coop. It's just what I was looking for. Here is the inside of the coop and the new roost I put in.

This Tractor is recycled from a small green house my husband made to keep our dogs out of my raised vegetable gardens. It is PVC pipe and plastic fencing. My husband is a design engineer, so I had to "reverse engineer" his design. I tried to take photos that would hopefully be helpful for...

I was given a old rabbit hutch that had the legs removed and was being advertised as a dog house. It was missing a lot of pieces. Here is what I have done. This is what I started with, minus the cat. The first thing I did was get rid of the rotten boards. I found a piece of wood that my...

Thom And Donna's Page Brooder This will be our brooder. Donna had previously used it for a Guinnea Pig she had several years ago. It is approximately 39" long x 20" wide and 18" high with the pan being 7" of the total height. You can also see we hit the local Tractor Supply for a feeder and...

Our First Chicken Coop! Made from reclaimed materials, mostly pallets Our chicken adventure started spring of 2010 when we got 10 pullets. We didn't have ANY chicken knowledge what-so-ever! We did a lot of research on BackYardChickens.com on every aspect of keeping chickens - and still do...

PAGE 3 On to the roof! My floor is not PT so it was stressful to see rain in the forecast. The roof was two sheets of plywood, one sheet on each side. I definitely needed help getting that on. Standard asphalt roof went on soon after. Asphalt worked out to be...

PAGE 5 Finishing up the Hen House! The peeps are getting big so they will move in before the house is done. This set the priority of what gets done first. I needed to get the wire on the run and the floor down in the house. Linoleum floor tiles! This is looking more like a house now! The...

I changed my plans for the house several times always growing the house larger! First I was going to go with the duck house 3x6 and lift it up on 3 ft legs and close it in. When I decided not to house the ducks and chickens together it opened up my possibilities with the hen house. I had...