Sheds from Home Depot, Fleet Farm, Menards etc.

[keeperofthechickens]

Not much of a capenter and may go and try to convert a shed you can buy at the big box hardware stores. Anybody have recommends?

 

[mudhen]

keeperofthechickens

Welcome to the site!
Check out the home page for info on coops, and also this link has info on converting sheds:
http://www.freewebs.com/professorchicken/coops.htm

Check the other threads in this section, I think a couple of people here may have done this!
Good luck!

 

[thechickenfarmer]

Hi Keeper,
My husband and father in law were going to build me a nice shed. After we priced the materials I decided to buy one at home depot instead. It was actually less than the material and it was delivered in 2 weeks and up in an hour. I have no doubt they could have built something nicer but time was of the essence as I was over zealous and already had the chicks in the house and they were getting big fast! Here's a few pics. Over all I'm happy with it and it wasn't expensive. If I were to do it again I would get a bigger one with another window. It lacks good light.

jen

 

[keeperofthechickens]

That looks just about perferct, is there a brand name?

 

[bigzio]

Keeper, the coop like jen has works fine. Stay away from the metal sheds, they heat up in the summer and are not a good choice.

Jen, you easily cut a hole for another window, it would'nt take much with some help.

bigzio

 

[keeperofthechickens]

Whats the size of that shed 10x10?

How many birds do you have in there?

Thanks

 

[HenHappy]

It looks like those girls are mooning you out the window!!! TeeHee

 

[thechickenfarmer]

Hi,
The shed I bought at home depot, was from Sheds USA. I just looked up their web site from the invoice and it's not working. It's 8x10 in cedar and I have 15 chickens in it. I would put in another window but I think we'll turn it into a garden shed since it's right near my garden. We have plans to build a barn on our property and when we do the chickens will have a bigger space there. It was great for starting since I wasn't sure I'd like raising chickens, which of course I do.

Jen