small-coops

So about 9 months ago I decided I would stop supporting "the egg industry" and start raising my own chickens...one problem...I lived in a small apartment! hahahaha...so I finally have a house; we closed on it mid April/2011. We had to do many things in the house before "coop time", so finally I...

The Little Coop in Alton Not bad for my first try saw this design in many places on the internet and kinda adapted it for my own desires. Paint first if the weather will allow it put the girls in it already they are only about 3 to 4 weeks at least that is our guess got them from TSC. 10 Asst...

Cluckridge Farm Chicken Coop Unfortunately we did not create a blueprint ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ We spent less than $20 on this brooder and light for 5 chicks We began our coop project in March of this year, about a...

Earl's Chicken Blog 7/15/2010- It all started when a neighbor knocks on my door and said, "Are you missing a pet? There's a chicken in your yard!" Sure enough a big, beautiful black chicken is scratching for bugs just on the outside of my fence. I live next to a park, and it sometimes...

Here's our version of the playhouse coop. Framing... Almost there... Finally Done! In all it only really took us three- four weeks working mostly weekends. And by "us" I mean my very handy boyfriend. We couldn't have done it without all the great ideas here on BYC. Thanks BYCers for all...

Finally done! 4' X 8' footprint. 21 square feet upstairs. 32 square feet downstairs. Open and ready. Two nesting boxes are closed until POL. Upper area used for feed storage. Access to both ends of second level. Roost is shown just above the top of the bottom nest boxes. Water and feed...

Scrap lumber chicken coop Ever since I was a kid playing poker with my best friend on the roof of her chicken coop, I've wanted to raise chickens. Unfortunetly, my mom didn't. And when I grew up, I lived in a series of appartments. No love for the chickens there. I moved to Texas and...

Home On The Urban We live in the City of San Diego, in an older neighborhood where most of the homes were built in the 1930's and 1940's. It's a cool, artsy, hip (dare I say slightly hippie) neighborhood. We are smack in the center of everything - very urban indeed. But, the lifestyle of many...

This is our tractor in progress. We have no plans, we're just winging it. The goal is to purchase as little material as possible. We're starting with an existing dog house which was later repurposed to a goat house. In it's third life, it'll house our chickens! We have to add doors and vents, an...

My Chicken Coop (not quite done yet). This is where I started taking pictures. Chicken door. Front door and clean out door. Window and nest box. Inside from back. Window and chicken door. Nest box. Roof. Front Door. This is where I am right now. I have 4 one week old chicks in the...

2011-01-09 This is my page dedicated to the chickens i own. My chickens aren't show quality, or as fancy as some others on the site. However, i don't mind that because they are healthy and provide enjoyment and eggs, which is the main reason for having them...

Quick little note about me... I live in the Denver area and am the son of a 60 something year old ex-chicken farmer from europe that used to help run a family farm of 50,000 chickens. While for some reason my dad now hates all things chicken, I have recently discovered urban chicken farming here...

Pallet Coop Hybrid Greetings from Upstate, NY! First of all, I'm cheap but I'm also a perfectionist which makes for a conflict of interest. I wanted to build a coop and pen on a budget but I wanted it to look good, keep the chickens safe and clean, and keep predators out. So I ended up with...

Hey, my names daniel. i have 3 ducks , 7 chickens , a few zebra finches , 4 chinese painted quail , 10 hamsters , loads of tropical fish , 1 dog and 1 cat :) I LOVE ANIMALS :) heres a few pics this is my broody/grow out/brooder/injury coop its 5ft long 3ft 6 inches high and 2ft wide this...

I’ve wanted to get chickens for a while now and my wonderful wife got me six baby Araucana chicks for my birthday. So now I had to figure out a way to house them once they were grown, and not go broke in the process. The old dog house with the sides and back cut out. I decided to take my dogs...

Lynnwood Living: Urban Chicken Farming in the Pacific Northwest The following is a showcase of the chicken coop and outdoor run/enclosure I constructed at our place in Lynnwood, Washington. Perhaps the first of many forays for our family into the agrarian lifestyle, we hope that you will...

Coop Condo These are just a few pictures of my "Coop Condo." My son actually got me interested in the "chicken business" in April of 2008, when he bought 10 three day old chicks at the local feed mill. He originally bought five RIR and five Bard Rocks. We have bought and sold here and...

The coop: the girls: Hula (Easter Egger) Goldie (Rhode Island Red) [Chewy (Easter Egger) Little Boo...

Hello All! I'm a Jersey-based mother of three to Winona-12, Calvin-10, and Jack-7, wife to a wonderful and talented husband-Justin, guardian of two cats-Chloe and Teddy and one turtle-Fleishman. I work with Justin for our photography business and tend to our family and mini-farm. I'm a fairly...

Coop Therapy s I used "The All In One" plan from Chicken Coops for DUMMIES. I am glad for the experience/challenge! I know how to shingle a roof now! I found that using power tools and pounding nails is great stress relief too! Here's pictures of the spot I chose for the coop. It's...