Coop size

[Sally PB]

Ah, but you don't have to start completely over! Take what you have that works/you like, and go from there. Post drawings here, and you'll get lots of feedback you can use.

I really like the coop my hubby built for me. If I'd been on BYC, though, it would have some improvements that aren't possible now.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Absolutely! Mistakes on paper are CHEAP, and teach you something. Mistakes in wood and other building materials are expensive, and teach you more things, some of which you don't want to pay to learn.

Yup.

Coop 1 was a horse stall conversion.
Coop 2 was a shed conversion.
Coop 3 was a 4x6 elevated coop.
Coop 4 was a 4x4 raised hospital/grow out coop.
Coop 5 was a 3x5 on the ground broody house with run built to be stored flat....well as flat as 2x3 construction with siding and trim would allow. It is now a raised coop with walk in run that is empty but housed 3 aging bantams.
Coop 6 is an 8x14 walk in that replaced coops 2, 3 and 4.
Coop 7 is an 8x8 that once housed ducks but is now extra space for chickens to use as they please.

Dollars involved.....I don't want to talk about that.

Edited to add I forgot about that 6x8 emergency coop for a group of birds hubs rescued and it's hoop run. It is now a garden shed and the run a patio and garden arches.