Wouldn't It Be Fun?
Wouldn't it be fun to have a few chickens. . .safe eggs. . .easy to care for. . .cheap to keep. . ." That's the line I used on my husband, Tom, back in early August of 2010. A vet had been to the house earlier that week and told me how much she loved her backyard chickens...
After finding out that there is more to chickens then a barbaque drumstick, I decided one day that I might be interested in raising a few chickens. As with anything that I do, I had to do my homework first. I started asking people that I know about raising chickens and to my delight, I recieved...
Swedishfish's Amazingly Wonderful Chicken Page
2 Buff Brahmas, 5 Wyandottes
Thanks to these two, my brother's old pheasant/chukar/quail coop was falling apart and I was "forced" to build a new one. My mule thinks she's a chicken. It's really rather funny.
Unfortunately my mom wouldn't let me...
Welcome!
I purchased coop plans online and then got to building around May 2010. My coop is very urban in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, TX. All of my neighbors are older folks and many had chickens in their younger years.
The plans I purchased were for the "Garden Coop." I was frustrated...
Swing-set to Chicken-Coop!
The transformations of our children's 25yr old wooden swing-set into a new chicken coop for our 4 girls, has been a difficult and completely muddy task, and as exhausting as it is rewarding!
First we picked the spot, grabbed a couple of really handy-helpful sons, add...
Pampered Poultry Palace
(PPP for short)
This is my diary of the construction of the "Pampered Poultry Palace", or PeeP Palace, or PPP for short. I scoured the internet looking for plans; what plans exactly? Well, I wasn't all too certain but knew that when I saw it I'd just know. I...
Welcome to Wicked Chicks Farm!
The beginning....
"I wonder if i can have some laying hens in my backyard...?" hmmmmm......
I'm in a suburban, track neighborhood (yuck), but I have a corner lot and larger than average plot. So, a tractor coop sounds good...something I can move around the...
The Chickens and the Winchester Mystery Coop
My EE chicks at two days old
This is a two story shed. I converted the right side into the coop. I cut the window, made the chicken door that operates via the rope and pully, made the run with the hinging top on the left side for easy cleaning. The...
My Crazy Chicken Idea
it all started with whining about wanting chickens for long enough that people started paying attention. that only took about 5 years. then some research on breeds, what would be fun to raise, since we only want eggs and preferably colored ones. it's really all about fun...
Preface:
All coops thus far have been wood and wire tractors and one lowe's play house that was pre-cut. Skill level (1-10) was probably 2.
This project in particular was all made possible by the contents of this box which I was lucky enough to be able to find about 6 years ago:
It's an all...
Fort Thomas
The Foundation:
The coop will be 12' x 8' with a 4' storage room/entrance room.
There will be two doors so I can close the main door before opening the inside door to the coop. Don't want the girls to run out into the yard since the dogs will probably be close by.
We built...
Project "Chicken Coop"
What started out as a weekend project, turned out to be a month long endeavor. My husband and I decided that since our kids were leaving the "nest" in a couple of years, we would try our hands with some new "kids". After months of pouring over BYC examples, my talented...
County Jail coop
When we hatched out chicks last year, we thought that they were going to live with the existing flock. WRONG! So we had to build another coop. Since the first one looked like a school, we decided to stay with a theme. My husband's favorite movie is "Tombstone", so old west...
New Hampshire Coop and Run
Since I got so much inspiration for our chicken coop from the BYC forum and coop design pages, I figured I'd better share our coop with you in return! So here's the background. I grew up on a farm in the midwest and my mom always had chickens, so I'm not completely new...
Here are some pics of the coop that i built for my chickens last year, I began construction in late June 2010.
It was originally going to be a 8 foot wide, 8 foot deep, and 4 foot high coop, but i kept changing the design as i went.
I NEVER wrote down any plans before starting, i basically just...
The construction process:
Borrowed tools - 1 drill, 1 circular saw, 1 wood/metal power saw ("sawzall"...thanks Makita for making a quality product), 1 metal shear (powered)
Leftover/surplus materials - 2.5" screws (200?), 2X4s (20?), pole barn exterior metal scrap (96" long by whatever width...
StrayMagnet
Ann's
Porch-Coop
THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE A PORCH LIKE MINE THAT CAN BE EASILY CONVERTED INTO A CHICKEN COOP, OR MABEY EVEN A PEN FOR SOME OTHER SMALL ANIMAL.
Here is a great way to make good with Exzisting Items you have laying around,
When a Stray chicken showed up at our...
Rachel's Backyard Chickens Journal
Start of my backyard chickens journaling. 9-13-2010
I guess that I am really a country girl at heart, but equally enjoy the convenience of city life. I am an avid gardener and grew up raising and tending to chickens, so this notion of urban backyard chickens...