Wish you had included more details on how everything was put together. Super cute coop and I love how you placed your roosting bars- I'm stealing this idea!!! Love the coop!
Thanks for including all the pictures and details on your chicken coop and runs. Just wondering if your girls ever lay eggs in the run and if so, how do you get them out. My runs are tall enough so that I can walk in and clean out easily as well as grab any eggs from the girls. Love the coop and runs!
Your coop makes me want to be a chicken! Never would have thought to create beautiful pictures inside the coop. This is just darling! Who would have thought to add a side where you can get out of the elements to collect eggs??! Love, love, love!!
Love trash to treasure stories like yours. It is absolutely adorable. Wish you had included step by step directions as to how it was erected. Love it and love the paint!!!
Thanks for sharing details and pictures of how you put all of your runs and coop together. I'm sure your girls are loving all the different places they can run and hide. Great use of materials.
If I could rate you simply on the look of your coop- it would be a solid 5. It is absolutely dreamy!!! Wish you had included details of how it was built along with pictures. I'm sure your chickens are absolutely enjoying it. Thanks for sharing.
Love your blue coop! Thank you for including pictures with step by step details on how to replicate your blue coop. I'm sure your girls are enjoying it!
Cute little coop. Love the idea that you can put wheels on it and use it like a chicken tractor. Wish you had include more details of the steps taken to create it.
Thanks for sharing what you have learned along the way while building chicken coops. Love the pictures as a visual to what you have explained. Nice coop!
Love your Coop D'Ville with the poop tray- I desperately need a few of those for my chicken coops. I also like the waterer and food containers you use especially to prevent contamination which is always a concern for me. Thanks for sharing with pictures and details of the build.
Wow! Love the creativity involved in making this simplistic lightweight chicken tractor. Thanks for including pictures and details of how it was made. I would love to create something similar for adolescent chickens under my watchful eye of course.
From a wooden pencil box to a fabulous chicken coop! Absolutely love it!! Great details included on the build. Thank you for sharing. Hope your girls are enjoying the coop.
Love the idea of using something already existing and turning into a great coop for the chickens. Wish you had more pictures of the steps taken when you added on. Good job!
Thanks for the compliment. The chicken coop was literally an overhead storage area with and existing metal roof for lumber and junk when we bought the house. It had no sides or floor.
1. Built a frame and internal supports for a floor and it was eyeball leveled with 2x8s
2. Screwed down a 1/2" plywood floor.
3. Bought a Super Heavy Duty Tarp and stapled it over the floor to prevent rot. It has worked for the past 3 years thus far.
4. Went to the amish lumber mill and bought thick 8' random type slab wood.
5. Measured an old external door and built a frame for it in the wall.
6. Went to Lowes and bought two small windows and built a wall frame for them.
7. Built a frame in the back wall for a low horizontal door.
8. Built a frame for the winter run on the side.
9. Then I closed it all in by screwing down the Amish lumber side by side until it was completely enclosed - nothing fancy.
10. Put on the door and painted it.
11. Then I decided we needed a winter run so I added two posts to the outside to create a 3 sided enclosure and a sloping roof topped off with a polycarbonate roof. Does not generate heat in the winter, but gives the chickens an area to scratch around in all winter w/o the snow.
I enjoy reading about anything that can be built in a day when it comes to the chickens or any of my animals for that matter. Would you consider building a ramp to help them get into the coop? The ladder seems a bit scary for chickens, but they are smart animals. Loved the step by step pictures of the build. Would love to see the coop after paint is added. Good luck and thanks for sharing!
1. Built a frame and internal supports for a floor and it was eyeball leveled with 2x8s
2. Screwed down a 1/2" plywood floor.
3. Bought a Super Heavy Duty Tarp and stapled it over the floor to prevent rot. It has worked for the past 3 years thus far.
4. Went to the amish lumber mill and bought thick 8' random type slab wood.
5. Measured an old external door and built a frame for it in the wall.
6. Went to Lowes and bought two small windows and built a wall frame for them.
7. Built a frame in the back wall for a low horizontal door.
8. Built a frame for the winter run on the side.
9. Then I closed it all in by screwing down the Amish lumber side by side until it was completely enclosed - nothing fancy.
10. Put on the door and painted it.
11. Then I decided we needed a winter run so I added two posts to the outside to create a 3 sided enclosure and a sloping roof topped off with a polycarbonate roof. Does not generate heat in the winter, but gives the chickens an area to scratch around in all winter w/o the snow.