Coop ideas and help

[Angelic Vampyre]

On the weekend I am getting two light Sussex hens approx 1 year old. We are allowed to have up to 5 in our area (no roos) so we thought we would start with 2 and hope noone complains. (one complaint and you are pretty much out)

I have been looking a coop ideas, at the moment we have about a 1/4 of our garden fenced off for the chickens, they will have an area they can hide under if needed but the rest of the area is open. They will also be allowed to free range the rest of the garden on weekends (as we will have to lock up the dogs)

We are converting an old standard bird avairy to suit these two hens but in the future (if none of the neighbours have issues with them) then we want to build a better and bigger coop.

I like AN's coop

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u288/anichols1974/DSC02221.jpg

so was wondering how hard these are to make (last time I tried to build something I put a nail through my foot) I have a semi handly male friend and my dad is really handy (but he is now blind) so can anyone suggest something or know where I can get plans for something like this?

I found these two on www.ebay.com.au

Item # 300343103373 & Item # 200377658907

Not sure about the quality (and I would repaint them) This would be their evening coop/night coop and then allowed to free range in the sectioned off area during the day.

Any suggestions?

We are planning on buying 6 fertile eggs if no one has any issues letting one of the chickens go broody and hatch out some babies later down the track to take our flock from 2 to either 4 or 5.

Any suggestions would be great thanks.

 

[PunkinPeep]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=16313-playhouse-chicken-coop

This one looks very similar to the one you like. And it might be that your semi-handy friend could decipher an awful lot just from looking at the picture you found and some of the other similar coops on the coop pages: https://www.backyardchickens.com/coopdesigns.html

I'm excited for you to be building a cute little coop like this in your neighborhood. It and your chickens will bring new and unusual beauty to the area.

Blessings!

 

[Angelic Vampyre]

Thanks for that. Saw one of the ebay ones in person and they are alot smaller then I thought it was!

Found ths guy who is about 30 mins from my house to might go have a look at his

http://www.deluxechickenhouses.com.au/temp001.htm

 

[PunkinPeep]

Let us know what you settle on. Those look cool!

 

[Big dreams]

I am wondering with the deluxchicken house, where do they get out of the weather? the wind? I just can't tell by their pic. It appears all open, with only the nesting boxes enclosed, is that correct?