large-coops

THE NANCY CREEK COOP This is my (mostly) finished three run coop complex. The front main run and coop (pictured above) I built from scratch. Behind them is what I call the Hobbit house. It was an existing shed that I modified for the chickens and connected to the main run. Behind the...

FThe Brick Chick HouseE Here are pics of the coop I am renovating. This was built by my granddad sometime in the 1940s, and he made the bricks by hand. I think it was actually designed to orginally BE a chicken coop, based on the shape and size, but I really have no idea of original intent...

My New Chicken Coop! It started out as my long South facing horse shelter. The horse barn is a metal building with steel frame. I enclosed 2 of the horse stalls with welded wire for the chicken run. The part where the coop is now, used to be open like the stalls. Then my handy husband made a...

The building of "The Chez Ami"! If you put your cursor on each picture it explains what each pix is about. My original plans got messed up :( So I recreated them. The Chez Ami (At the home of a friend) Here is my chicken barn (The Chez Ami) that we are in the process of...

McTee's Chuck-Chuck House This project started out after having some "farm-fresh" eggs given to us by some friends. After one bite of scrambled eggs, we (the whole family) quickly decided to get chickens. I wanted to get full grown hens who would produce eggs immediately, but was...

Before I begin our story, a little back story if you will indulge me... Although I did not grow up in the 'city' we lived within city limits so we were never allowed 'barnyard' animals. So as a child I would satisfy my love of farm animals and country living by staying at my grandparents as...

The coop began in the end of August, 2008. We had just moved to our new house and found the perfect spot on our little 4 acres, nestled in some trees but with plenty of room for the girls. Our DD picked the name of "Eggtopia" and as the Girls will have their own house and area, it has become...

Our Polar Coop We live not far from Embarrass, Minnesota- the small northern town that usually records the lowest winter temps in the continental US...not exactly the claim to fame we'd like to boast about, but it beats living next to a freeway or coal-fired power plant. We purchased an...

THE PULLET PALACE Living in western Nebraska on an acerage I mentioned to husband..."we should get chickens and have our own eggs." His reply was stern.."over my dead body will we have chickens." This past Spring my daughter and I went to the local farm supply store to pick up some supplies for...

Our new chicken coop:

Hot Wings Hotel My name is Cathy, and my family and I live in a rural area of Pennsylvania. I had a chicken in college and loved the idea of chickens as pets. After reading about the battery hens, and their horrible conditions, I went to my husband and asked him if I could raise chickens for...

One day my family decided I had finally lost my mind completely. That was the day I announced that not only did I have chickens coming via the United States Post Office, but that I had also ordered a chicken coop. My husband was a carpenter for 15 years. He was not happy that I ordered a...

The Hensleys' Coop This step by step series was graciously submitted by the Hensley family (Mallorys Mom and Mallorys Dad on our message forum). [ click any image to enlarge - use your 'back' button to return ] floor layout floor joists plywood floor one wall up two walls up three...

Green Fields Poultry Farm Our Coop The concrete is getting poured...a day AFTER we got the chicks! Starting to smooth it out Smoothing it out The walls are going up...

Open Air Coop

Rosie's Ranch Submitted by Rosie in Arizona "The coop’s main structure was made using used oak pallets which were available free. The way the pallets were constructed made them easy to slide insulation into as we put them up. The exterior siding is lumber recycled from the pallets. The roof is...

This our brand new coop my husband built. We just love it! So do our 22 "girls". My husband has a sawmill so he did everything, from cutting down the logs then into dimensional lumber and building it. We are going to put an iron hen on the door. These are our "girls"-they are Golden Comets...

Randy Cummings' Coop Submitted by Randy Cummings in Kentucky

Ron & Roxie's Coop Submitted by Ron and Roxie Roush from Ohio We used plans for an 8x8 saltbox. Egg collecting can be accessed from outside as well as inside. Feeder and waterer are on slideable boards (my husband's idea) so that we don't have to actually go inside coop. Coop can be accessed by...