They too quickly outgrew the tote box in the dining room, so we had to move the girls in to larger temporary quarters in the garage till the main coop was finished. I built this as a modular unit. Each side, top, and bottom are a single unit held together with a few screws, and can be torn down and stacked and stored in about 20 minutes. The large front panel (facing the house door on the right) swings down to the floor so it's easy to clean. The little door in the corner makes handling and treating the chickens more controllable.

That's a one cubic yard bucket, and I filled it four times with washed gravel to make a good drainage base.

Base framing all set up and ready for fill.

Sighting for the new coop location. We wanted it to be convenient, but not too close. The location is about 75% shaded by the pines in the summer, but with the low branches trimmed as they are, the whole coop and run are largely bathed in sunlight in the winter.

They too quickly outgrew the tote box in the dining room, so we had to move the girls in to larger temporary quarters in the garage till the main coop was finished. I built this as a modular unit. Each side, top, and bottom are a single unit held together with a few screws, and can be torn down and stacked and stored in about 20 minutes. The large front panel (facing the house door on the right) swings down to the floor so it's easy to clean. The little door in the corner makes handling and treating the chickens more controllable.

The girls love their greens.

Storage portion of the coop, with nesting boxes under cover and out of the weather. My wife insisted on being able to check on the girls from the storage/nest box area, so I cut in this little opening with one screened door and one windowed door for when it gets colder. It actually worked well. The week they were sequestered inside, we could just reach through to fill both the feeder and water bucket, plus offer treats since the low roost is just inside the window ledge. The retractable key ring has keys for both storage and the coop padlocks. It's handy, and when the racoons figure how to take the keys and open the locks, it's time for us to stop raising chickens.

They too quickly outgrew the tote box in the dining room, so we had to move the girls in to larger temporary quarters in the garage till the main coop was finished. I built this as a modular unit. Each side, top, and bottom are a single unit held together with a few screws, and can be torn down and stacked and stored in about 20 minutes. The large front panel (facing the house door on the right) swings down to the floor so it's easy to clean. The little door in the corner makes handling and treating the chickens more controllable.

med1pilot
Oct 5, 2016

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