coop design

  1. kerico

    Hen Saloon Coop Design

    Hello, Please check out this new design and how-to I posted on Instructables! Hen Saloon Thank you!
  2. MrsBuzz

    Guinea Pop Hole - Size / Location / Usability

    Hello- We are raising our first flock of 13 guinea fowl and have raised them from keets alongside 14 chicks. (Same coop but separate pen). Our guineas are now 6 weeks old and we are trying to figure out the best way to release them and insure that they will return to the coop at night. I have...
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  3. Chicken House

    Chicken House

    Well I don’t have detailed plans. The building is 24x16 with a 12 foot awning. The nesting boxes are 12x13. The roost ladder is 8 feet long and 4 feet wide spaced 18 inches apart. The pond is 11x8 about 2 foot deep on the deep end sloping to 5 inches deep on the shallow end. Allowing baby ducks...
  4. S

    Damn sister, move the c*uck over! (Length to width ratios and the delicate chicken psyche)

    I think the birds may have been pooping in the coffee bean jar again today. Anyway.... relative noob here. Designing my first coop. Here is a nerd question.... Assume a coop with a square floor plan has X chickens, where X is the max number that can be in this coop and still be happy...
  5. ARM5078

    What color should I paint my coop?

    Silly question, but what color would you paint the coop? It's going to be seen right as you pull up into our parking area, so I'd like it to go with our home in some way. I'd appreciate all suggestions! I need to paint the coop itself as well as the metal roof!
  6. JakesHappyHenHouse

    Window/Ventilation placement

    Hi everyone, we’re getting close to finishing our first coop. Would love some input on where to put windows and ventilation. We’re in Southern Oregon where it can get up to 100 in the summer (92 here today!) and mostly down to the 30’s at night, but with rare dips into the teens. Here’s a...
  7. Treehouse Coop

    Treehouse Coop

    “Treehouse” Coop Ontario, Canada Our coop sits above our run and includes a small protected balcony. Its footprint is ~ 12’ x 16’. It is home to 6 pullets: 4 Wyandottes, a Brahma and a Delaware. When...
  8. ctpat3

    The Coop that COVID built! Building our first coop...

    We are a young family living in Central Victoria, Australia. My husband and I each grew up with chickens so have been keen for our children to share that experience. With the lockdown we suddenly found ourselves with free weekends at home and decided it was the perfect project for us all to do...
  9. nconley11

    Need new coop but am overwhelmed

    I bought a house 6 years ago... turned an existing 8x8 garden shed into a coop last minute 4 years ago. Didn’t know much at the time and made many mistakes! Currently the coop is infested with rats and about ready to fall over! Wanting to build a brand new coop in a new location and want to...
  10. Book

    Has anyone used Rubber Mats for coop floor?

    After years away, it is FANTASTIC to be back to chicken life and here on Backyardchickens! We have moved a few times since we last lived in the country and have purchased a home where we can have 8 hens! Our next step, of course, is coop designing! We are required to have the coop itself 2...
  11. RiversideChick

    Urban Coop Design - Tacoma, WA

    Just finished our urban coop for our 8 hens. Designed by my husband. Includes padlocks on the run door, nesting boxes and large door on the coop (for cleaning it out). There are 2 exterior nesting boxes. The smaller door for the hens to enter and exit their coop remains open for now - we buried...
  12. S

    Automated Coop Door Development Project

    My name is Stacey and I am a student from the UK. For my University engineering project, I am developing an automated chicken coop door, currently still in the design stages of the product. The initial design is to have a motorized door and frame that can be bolted onto any pre-existing coop or...
  13. rascal66

    Best material for drainage in the run?

    Husband and I are getting prepared to redo the run and extend our coop. Its really rainy and wet sometimes out here in WA. Sometimes the run gets so muddy and stinky, I really get concerned for the health risks it brings as well. So our goal is to also prep it for better drainage and to better...
  14. D

    Automatic door opener

    I would like to install an automatic door opener. I already have a door with pulley system. I just want to ad an automatic opener. I prefer 110 ac. I have electricity available. Any suggestions? I already looked at the thread on hear and it looks like an advertisement for a specific brand. I...
  15. Thaney Design

    Earthen Coops / Coops that are partially built into the earth?

    Who's done it, and how did it work out? My first coop is going to have a green roof. Will post photos when it's done. But I'm realizing I will likely have more chickens than that coop can sustain by the winter. I would love to do a coop partially built into the earth to be its insulation, but...
  16. trumpeting_angel

    Chicken TV works both ways

    My new coop is attached to the porch, and we have a window into the coop. Apparently the chickies believe they have a window into the porch!
  17. thiggins

    Turning Tack barn into coop and run

    I somehow need to turn this into a coop and run. I don't even know where to begin.
  18. CityslickerHomestead

    Prefabricated Coops?

    We made our own coop, before we got our first batch of girls, and... I hate it. It took forever to build because we are so busy. Now I’m looking into purchasing a prefab coop to supplement ours since we are short on time. Or maybe design plans online that take the guesswork out of what I need to...
  19. alcstreetman

    Clueless first timer with a lot of coop/run questions! Rain barrel, sand, etc.

    Hello! Our chicks are ready to move to the coop and my husband is currently finishing everything up. I have multiple questions and have already found good information from previous posters but I wanted to see if there were any recent opinions that could be helpful. If anyone has input on ANY of...
  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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