Fluffy Butt Acres: The Coop

Exceptional workmanship on a coop that keeps evolving. Your union inspectors made sure you and family did the job right. I love how your chicken raising is a family affair. And such thorough explanation on your build. Thank you for this information.

Beautiful coop! Nice write-up with great photos!

What an awesome coop with a wonderful story along the way to boot. Lots of beautiful and helpful pictures with explanations.

I love the advice given toward the end too. Very thoughtful! This is definitely buildable if anyone would like to!

Awesome article and a great coop built with alot love for the chickens under your care.

Nice article and a cute coop! Love the fluffy butt theme!

I am so glad I ran across this today. My heart was sore because a new member showed up talking about a prefab coop. Lots of members jumped on and told them what a terrible mistake they had made. I also bought a prefab coop (as recommended in the Chickens for Dummies book by some of the moderators at BYC!). It's not going to be terrible, but it certainly is not big enough for 6 chickens much less the 8 they rate it for!

Your article gives me hope and some excellent ideas for perhaps building or modifying stuff to make my chickens a better home. Thank you for the honesty, the careful pictures, the detail and the tips. So helpful!

You did simply superb Bob!
I physically love your coop ideas and all to the end.I’ve read this over 4 times and just can leave it alone!

You put a heck of a lot of work into their home, all worthwhile effort because it's really beautiful and more importantly comfortable for your girls. Fantastic job

I should have read this a long time ago! You can tell how much you love your girls, in how well thought out your design is and in the improvements you added later on! You have given them such a lovely home!

There a lot of very helpful pictures and videos!

Great job of explaining how you worked with your space, your materials, and your climate to make a coop that functions for your needs. Love the sunporch!

Very good article, especially with the pictures illustrating the details of construction! Lots of inspiring ideas (skylight for run top) & good suggestions (use screws, not nails)! I love the easy side access with this design.

This is a very detailed article that could be helpful for anyone just starting out with chickens or a seasoned chicken owner. You gave step by step photos and instructions that are easy to understand. Thanks for taking the time to share your coop and chickens.

Despite having seen lots of pictures and videos on your thread I was often confused as to where everything was. I know now.
Well detailed. The PDFs work fine for me. Love all the pictures.

This is a detailed yet easy to understand resource for anyone building or expanding a coop or run. Lots of photos, and careful attention to why to take certain steps or use particular tools. Thank you!

Very detailed drawings and explanations. This coop is solid! And efficient.

A great coop with lots of photos and plans to show how it all came together. Very detailed and informative. Thank you for putting this together ByBob, it will help a lot with my coop build too!