small-coops

The finished coop and run. After six weekends of work it's finally done! This is our new chicken coop and run. We used cedar siding and cedar shingles for the roof. We made the run (aka 'The Sunroom') into a semi-greenhouse so it stays dry (we live in rainy Seattle). On hot summer days we plan...

We acquired a Little Tykes Playhouse from our neighbors to convert to a chicken coop. It's a work in progress and our chicks can't wait to get out of their temporary home. We also need to thank Hen House Rocks for the inspiration! This project took us longer than we anticipated, but the...

The Horse Barn Chicken Coop was designed to match our horse stable. I couldn't find a design, let alone plans, for what I wanted, so I gave DH my idea & desired dimensions, and he planned & built it out of a mixture of leftover & purchased materials. It has lots of light to help the hens lay...

After researching Chicken Keeping on BackYardChickens.com, we decided to build an urban chicken coop and have some backyard chickens of our own in our average size urban backyard. We live in a chicken friendly area and decided to remodel an attached garden shed into a chicken coop. My DH is...

Hennsington Palace, or Casa de Caca The finished product, with our girls apparently fascinated by something in the corner. This is the coop my boyfriend and I built for our three hens, Blacula (Barred Rock), Biggie (Red Star), and Buffminsterfullerene (Buffyball for short, a Buff...

In the chicken world, things don't always go as planned, or replanned, or planned again. You see, I had many, many drawings for our first chicken coop before we finally ended up with this one. I can't even begin to tell you how many hours I put into a chicken coop/run design. At first, I...

I moved to the city four years ago, after growing up in a small, rural town. I liked living close to work, but I hated the lack of "country" life. The place we had our horses had chickens, and I often mused about building a coop to freak out the neighbors in the city. Most of these people...

Welcome! This is a pen I built for our Muscovy ducks (above), but I would use the same for chickens or any fowl, really. It's about as basic as you can get. It's not suitable for severely cold climates perhaps and is not predator-proof, but since I have neither of those problems it serves...

Here's what makes it all worth it; my own little chick holding egg #1 from our coop Everyone will have different priorities when they set out to create their coop. The woodworking craftsman will want to show off their skills, some homeowners will want a coop that fits 'goes' with their home...

We built our coop with kitchen cabinet doors from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. This gives us the flexibility to open or close any doors for ventilation or wind. The base of the house is leftover metal braces from our garden shed. On top of that goes a leftover piece of cement board from a...

Here's our Hawaii coop, it is made out of 90% reclaimed lumber and recycled hardware I had laying around (we did buy the owl, but he isn't fooling any birds or cats...) I built a small coop/run for our 4 Rhode Island Reds. They were a gift for my wife, well the eggs are my gift to her, the...

November 2012 update - we lost two girls over the thanksgiving weekend to a Cooper's Hawk. He almost killed our Salmon Faverolle (named Sammy of course) but I shooshed him/her away. The hawk plucked almost all of the hairs off Sammy's neck. So now the chicken yard is 100% enclosed in chicken...

Welcome to my Chicken Coop page. I'll update the progress as I build. My inspiration comes from many hours of looking through the pages of chicken coops on this site, and I have all of you to thank for the various ideas. My coop will be an 8x8 coop, with 8' tall walls. My plan is to use half...

Funky Chicken Coop Construction Or how I embraced the curve and became a plywood perv. Standard disclaimer: Any project that involves the use of tools carries the potential for injury or death. Use caution, and your safety equipment. Read and follow all safety warnings and instructions...

Hi, I finally am taking the time to post my chicken coop construction project I completed in the backyard. I got the idea from some photos off of this site and basically tailored it to my needs. I really didn't have any blue prints per say but just generally had an idea of what size I wanted...

"Villa Gallina" A Tiny Chicken Coop, By Judith Correa-Ellotfi "Regard it just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral." -Frank Lloyd Wright Few months ago I started an organic garden in my tiny backyard,combining/experimenting with SFG gardening & permacultural principles...

The Dixie Chicks Here is the story of how I roped my husband into getting me chickens. I was born in Montana, and I suppose ranching and farming are in my blood. But I married a boy from New York, and we now live in a subdivision in North Carolina that's not really a large...

My Little Coop My little coop is going into my little side yard and so the size was limited by the space we have. I designed the coop and my husband (bless him!) took them and worked from there. Our plans changed as we went along due to several reasons and of course we realized that the...

Our North Carolina Chicken Coop This is our new Western North Carolina chicken coop. We are new at raising chickens and are figuring things out as we go. We thought you might want to see how we made our coop and all the fun our family is having with our new chickens. This is my daughter...

Poultry Palace Extraordinaire After months of deliberation my boyfriend finally decided to allow me to obtain chicks for our urban backyard. I considered several things when planning out the design of the coop: I had no experience with power tools whatsoever - the design would have to be...