coop alternative

  1. DenaRenee

    Repurposing a Rabbit Hutch?

    UPADTE - I won't be getting these hutches. Thanks for the replies! I have seven 1-week old chicks that will need a coop to call their own in the near future. I've asked around for anything I can reuse or repurpose, and someone has offered me the below two rabbit hutches. I'm trying to...
  2. Z

    Newbie: Kids + Hens + Alternative Coop/Run

    Hi all, I'm trying to think outside the box and reduce waste + $. My kids are 1 and 5 but they have slowly stopped using their outdoor playhouse. We have limited space due to city ordenances to place the coop. The current location of the swing set and the adjacent space next to our house are the...
  3. A

    What Are Your Coop & Care Challenges?

    Hi everyone! I am a student studying industrial design and working on a project focused on improving common chicken-keeping challenges, and I’d love to hear from experienced keepers like you. Growing up I kept chickens and ducks for eggs so I'm very passionate about the animals, along with how...
  4. HOMESTEAD_SUBURBIA

    Check out my ultimate chicken coop/run!

    Hello, I am new to this site and wanted to share My coop. I am an engineer by day and think I did an ok job on my coop. I Designed and built this coop after a lot of planning and research. Tell me what you think! Please subscribe to my YouTube channel for future awesome engineering ideas...
  5. paradisepentacoop

    Finally, the Pentacoop is habitable (a work in progress)

    After two months of struggling through angles, borrowing saws, renting ladders, waiting out rain, etc the aviary style coop I envisioned for my chicks is ready for their move. The dome was inspired by a need for a chicken run combined with too hard of ground to put in posts easily. My yard is a...
  6. kendek

    converting catio to a coop?

    essentially i want to know if anyone else has attempted to make a premade catio into a coop before! id be housing 3 Silkies in my coop for context! i know a decent amount so far since ive worked with chickens previously and am familiar with bird care. im not sure how much chicken care varies...
  7. S

    Flock safety

    I had a flock of seven last night but two of them were killed. I believe by a raccoon. Due to inclement weather, we left the coop door open so that the birds could be inside our four stall center aisle barn. They were not roosting high up. We are now debating whether we should lock them into the...
  8. ChickenOfSpades

    Cheap little chicken coop/pen finished

    Finished the little chicken pen I've been working on. I'm happy with how it turned out and learned a lot for when I build the big permanent coop in coming months. The cost was pretty minimal. Here's the list of supplies: Simple frame made from 7 2x4x8 boards (three are pressure treated for...
  9. ChickenOfSpades

    Pen/coop is adjacent to permanent wall. Any reason to put hardware cloth on the side next to the wall?

    I have plans to build a bigger, better coop in a different location in my yard, but am building a quick coop so the chickens can get outdoors full time. (Construction on the big coop was delayed a bit due to illness and foul weather.) The temporary coop will be in a little pocket next to my...
  10. A

    Broody hen in a raised coop?

    I have a 2 year old buff orpington, Bubbles, that has gone broody. I am glad for this because with the price of chicken in my area, we plan on culling the oldest birds in our flock of 12 and these natural replacements will be perfect timing. But I have a problem. My 20-bird capacity coop is...
  11. Sunshine_Amy

    Will an aproned chicken tractor keep out weasels?

    Hi everyone. I'm looking at a simple chicken tractor design (here) that has an open-bottom coop. I'm going to need to modify it, but I find the idea of not having a coop floor to clean (with roosts above the ground/grass) very appealing. The creator claims years of success with this coop, but...
  12. S

    Newbie on in home brooding

    Hey. I am very new to the chicken scene. I have 3 Rhode Island Reds. 2 Porcelain dolces, 3 Silkies. I have them inside the house brooding. I’m wondering how long can I wait before moving them outside? What’s the best way to move them out? Do I throw them out cold Turkey or give them shifts...
  13. K

    No coop?

    We’re raising our first 5 chicks right now! They’re almost 2 weeks old. We were going to build a coop/run while they were in the brooder for the first 5ish weeks, but it is looking like it is going to be pretty expensive with the price of lumbar right now. Is it possible to just build a super...
  14. N

    Huge run, small coop... what next?

    I have a run that is over 460 square feet. I live in the city, in Arizona, so it's pretty hot here and the amount of space isn't terrific. But my run had a pretty significant amount of grass and it's 100 percent gone. I have 12 hens, and at the minimum 4 square feet per hen, that's quite...
  15. Brooke_R

    Any DIY Duck/Chicken coop ideas?

    My ducks are currently living in a shed of mine during the night but I will need to move them out soon. I want to build them a coop for them to go in at night to keep them safe (mostly from Coyotes). I would rather not buy one because all that I’ve seen are expensive. I was wandering if anyone...
    • Brooke_R
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    • animal shelters build thread building a coop coop coop alternative diy coop duck shelter ducks ducks and chickens shelter ideas
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: DIY / Self Sufficiency
  16. jewelg

    Coop math + potential shed conversion

    Hello, Chicken People! :) So, I'm either doing this wrong, or every single pre-made coop you can buy wants you to pen your chickens in like large sardines in a tiny can. Help! And thank you, all, for contributing and building such an incredible resource. FYI, we live in Los Angeles, California...
  17. lbgreenfield

    Easy Teenager Tote Coop!

    Hi there - We have six teenager chicks that are about 8 weeks old that are ready to leave the brooder and head into their teenager coop! We have a large run for our adult flock (16ft x 24ft for five adult hens) so we have divided that in half for our meet-n-greet phase until our teenagers become...
  18. M

    Zeolite! Good or bad?

    Hi everyone, it's great to be able to communicate with a lot of people from different sides of the world at once! 😄🌍🖐️🐔🐓🐤🦆 I'm wondering if I can use zeolite in the chicken and duck coops? (mostly because I can't find diatomaceous earth at my local animal care store) I'm currently having...
  19. M

    Cayuga Coop

    Hello I recently became the parent to two cayuga ducks (1 male 1 female) this spring. We purchased a chicken coop about a month after keeping them in a smaller cage when they were ducklings. The new coop has a fenced in area and a coop that they must walk up a ramp to get to. The ducks love the...
    • malkymick
    • Thread
    • cayuga duck coop alternative duck run stress trained
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  20. trumpeting_angel

    Crazy Chicken People

    I went and got chicks over the objections of my partner, who has a dozen projects at this house that he feels should be higher priority. Now that they are here, he adores them, of course. He especially loves the little Black Australorp, whom he calls White Butt. He is a perfectionistic finish...
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