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...that we'd enjoy going out there to play with them a bit Problems: No flat areas on lot - already took the only reasonable one for a kids playhouse at the start of COVID. Cold winters (upstate New York) Tons of predators - I watch the neighbors poultry occasionally and once came on the...

...I think @3KillerBs said this - don't buy a chicken coop that's measured in inches. This is what the pullets think of their playhouse. I realized I had to get educated. I bought some books, stayed up late a couple of nights reading around this site and others, and watched dozens of...

This coop is a converted playhouse. It is 4x5x5. One bantam buff brahma rooster and three silkies will be in this coop. The coop will be in a 10x13 by 7 feet tall run covered top, sides and apron with half inch hardware cloth.

...to invest in some basic equipment. The first thing you will need is a chicken coop or shelter. This can be a small shed or even a converted playhouse. The coop should be big enough to house your chickens comfortably and have enough space for nesting boxes and perches. You will also need to...

My backyard is sandwiched between a treeline to the east, and my house on the west, so it's very heavily shaded... so much so that even shade tolerant grass barely even grows. After wanting chickens for years, and many of those years spent trying to convince my husband that we NEEDED to move to...

This is my 1995 Fisher Price Barbie ice cream parlor playhouse. The house measures 48” long x 35” wide x 52” high, inside headroom is about 48” Starting with the base build we purchased: 4 2x4x8 15 feet of 1 inch hardware cloth. Deck screws and washers. 1 4x4 cheap OSB flooring panel. 4 L...

...learning as I go... So a few months later my husband got tired of me asking, looking at every possible way (underneath the deck, kids playhouses, etc.) to do what needed to be done and he caved...sorta. He found me a 10x20 metal frame that we wrapped in hardware cloth...though still using...

...windows open from the OUTSIDE! Definitely the best design of the coop as far as convenience.Grandson was a big helper and wants it for a playhouse!Recycled side window opens from outside. Coop trailer has a hitch to move it around the farm using our 4 wheeler.I added a poop hammock using a...

...run have gradually expanded and we're now looking at a big extension since we recently cleared part of our garden. Also in this area is our playhouse... plus a space marked out for an attached run. I've been given the go-ahead to buy some Silkie hens to help us hatch our own fertilised eggs...

...$20. Even coops – when hand-built and made with recycled materials – can cost less than $100. Or even better, if you have a shed or old playhouse, you can EASILY convert it to the coop for little money. So, to sum it up (No pun intended), raising these beautiful, egg-laying chickens probably...

...we finished enough to get the girls in two days after the first one started to lay. We had had to move them into our grandchildren’s playhouse...the laundryroom was getting really smelly. We purchased 10x12 shed plans from country life projects and other than the mistakes we made by not...

This was a dilapidated play house sitting in the corner of my sister's backyard.. apparently my nephew and niece outgrew it and it was just not being played with anymore. I said to my sister "whenever you get rid of that let me know I'll take it off your hands", she happily replied, "You're in...

This little Playhouse was dilapidated and sitting in the corner of my sister's yard apparently my niece and nephew grew out of it and my sister was just about to throw it away when I said "I'll take it off your hands" and I decided to revive it. It's still a work-in-progress. I just have to wrap...

...on the front). Planted (moved from other places on the property that we turned into gardens) some shrubs. Setup our lawn chairs. Added a playhouse to the outdoor run (thanks daughter). still to do: - Finish the siding - Run the full electric and water out. - Build front deck and bar area -...

I converted a small playhouse years ago, and added a bump out for roosts, increasing the interior square footage and an external nesting box. I have a fully enclosed run around the coop, raccoon tested and secure. Number of chickens have ranged between three and nine, currently at 5 1/2 (bantam...

...way to turn a throwaway item into something new and worth keeping. Our members learned that very thing when they decided to convert old playhouses chicken coops. 1. Summer Cottage Coop Simple and easy to work with, this chicken coop was made from an old plastic playhouse, and they added a...

...barn dedicated for the chickens. No worries, you’re not alone; I wish I was spoiled like that, too. Check it out here. 6. Predator-Proof Playhouse Shed Coop Even if the big bad wolf huffs and puffs, he still can't blow this predator-proof coop away. Check out this how this coop was...

With limited carpenting skills and physical abilities I found this gem on craigslist. Started searching for Playhouses and waited for the right one. Patience was key but it paid off. $50 for the house, leftover hardware cloth from the gutters, leftover stain from the deck and a padlock later I...

...summer nights here in southwest Virginia. The bird house at the top was occupied this spring by a family of swallows when we started the playhouse to coop conversion, but now that it's empty I am planning on taking that down and relocating it. Finally, this is the view of the back of the coop...

...All in all, furnishing brooders and adding enrichment makes for happy and smart chicks. And it's fun for the owner too, go out and build a playhouse (preferably a better one than mine) and find some old balls and toys (clean them first...). Let the creativity flow into the brooder! Resources...