Well, our chicken coop is almost complete! It just needs a few finishing touches to make it home for the girls. We live on a heavily wooded 8 acre piece of land with lots of critters so we decided to convert a previously used dog kennel into our chicken coop and run. It is divided into three sections of kennels but we used the largest section which is approximately 12 x 12 and 6 ft tall. It has cement flooring and is enclosed by chain link fence all around and over the top. I plan to wrap chicken wire along the bottom of the run as a precaution.
Here is our coop - we made it from lots of recycled things - the window from a garage sale, door was free off craigslist, nests were old kitchen cabinets we found from the previous homeowners, and the white perches in front of the nests were from a garage sale as well. The roof is green treated plywood with recycled tin roofing on it and 2 screened air vents which you can't see in the pics. I still have to add the roosts, wood shavings, and paint the exterior but this was by brother-in-laws first coop building experience and I have to say, I think it turned out quite well! Thanks for looking!
Dog Kennel (pre-coop)
My brothers in law- the builders!
Putting the coop roof on
Inside the coop
The overall view
View from the outside
Just painted.....
Here is our coop - we made it from lots of recycled things - the window from a garage sale, door was free off craigslist, nests were old kitchen cabinets we found from the previous homeowners, and the white perches in front of the nests were from a garage sale as well. The roof is green treated plywood with recycled tin roofing on it and 2 screened air vents which you can't see in the pics. I still have to add the roosts, wood shavings, and paint the exterior but this was by brother-in-laws first coop building experience and I have to say, I think it turned out quite well! Thanks for looking!
Dog Kennel (pre-coop)
My brothers in law- the builders!
Putting the coop roof on
Inside the coop
The overall view
View from the outside
Just painted.....
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We also have a lot of hay and straw around because of our livestock so I may use that for the nests. We'll see! 
