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Mary has a good suggestion with the hoop coop. They require few materials and can be achieved without great carpentry skills. Also check out posts by SherrieT and MagicChicken; they've recently built similar hoop coops. Last year I made a chicken enclosure (can't really call it a coop) for a friend of mine using stuff lying around my yard and hers. We used an old dog run for the main structure and I had two 4' X 8' trellises made from 2 x 4s and covered with welded wire that we used for the roof on the other section. We covered the sides with welded wire I had left over from my coop. The roost is under an old awning from her house and an old chest of drawers serves as her nesting box. I don't think a dime was spent on this pen. My friend is ecstatic with it; she loves the fact that she can stand up inside it. It's a bit more open that I would prefer, but she's raised chickens all her life here in AZ with a similar arrangement.
This is exactly what I think my sister needs to build. She's moving at the end of the month to a bigger place and wants a larger coop/run.
