Articles by BYC

Building a chicken coop from free pallets: By Judy I am fortunate to live near a vinyl siding company, and they stack stacks of pallets outside...

Maurice, The Car Chicken Coop Michael Thompson lives in the heart of the Norfolk Broads, and has just finished converting a dead 1970 Morris...

Woodcliff Solar Chicken House We had been thinking about getting chickens for a quite a while (to eat the hords of grasshoppers, make better...

The Hensleys' Coop This step by step series was graciously submitted by the Hensley family (Mallorys Mom and Mallorys Dad on our message forum). [...

Don B's Coop The concept for my coop started out as a chicken tractor. I had looked at some pictures online, and started designing an elevated...

The Kreitz Family "Poulet Chalet" Submitted by Steven, Mary, Ben, Joe and Josh Kreitz in Rosemount, MN Here is my "creation" for the 5 chickens...

Jon Adams submitted by the Adams' family in Redmond, Washington We decided to build a combination shed/chicken coop in our back yard. The biggest...

Playhouse Chicken Coop: By Dennis This coop was designed to satisfy the esthetic requirements of my neighbors who were naturally concerned about...

Patrick Keating's Home Depot Conversion Submitted by Patrick Keating - Surrey, Maine My name is Patrick Keating and my chicken coop resides in...

Fort Brawks I saw the call for coop designs and instructions on the coop page, so here is mine. I had an old metal shed 6.5 by 6.5 by about 5'...

Chicken Tractor Submitted by Marcher19 from our message forum for more info on this design please send email to [email protected] Basic size: 4'L...

Chicken Tractor Submitted by Kim in Tulsa, Oklahoma Here are some pictures of my tractor. It is 4' x 6' and has one nest box. It is covered over...

Ron & Roxie's Coop Submitted by Ron and Roxie Roush from Ohio We used plans for an 8x8 saltbox. Egg collecting can be accessed from outside as...

Tami's Coop Submitted by Tami in Pennsylvania "My husband and I built it attached to an existing dog pen. I figured out this coop design so I...

Anni's Hen Hilton This picture series was graciously submitted by Anni. We think the L-shape with double door openings was quite innovative -...

Rosie's Ranch Submitted by Rosie in Arizona "The coop’s main structure was made using used oak pallets which were available free. The way the...

Garm's Chicken Coop My scribbled "plan" for our coop Written on binder paper, this is all I used to go buy wood and build the coop. Note that the...

Randy Cummings' Coop Submitted by Randy Cummings in Kentucky