"Goth" or "Horror" Themed Coops ?

[Ancient Futures]

Hello All, From Richmond Virginia ! First Post Here- ;-) So, Okay, I DID do my due Diligence, but there just doesn't seem to be much out there, or at least not for the basic search terms- I'm interested and Open to any and ALL Ideas for a 'goth' or 'Horror" Themed Coop- I have a LOT of Black Chickens, lol, a small flock of Ayam Cemanis, and a small flock of Black Jersey Giants,and I AM a Big "Horror" Fan, AND a History Buff, too, so I'd like to do something Really Cool.

Okay, GOTH/HORROR or Cool Historical Ideas for Chicken Coops ! I REALLY REALLY REALLY Want to do something Super COOL, and DIFFERENT,and Still be a Workable Coop to take care of my Beautiful Babies... ;-) Any and All Help is Greatly Appreciated !!

 

[sourland]

Your chickens will be laying scrambled eggs.

 

[rosemarythyme]

The only horror element to my coop is my nod to Silent Hill. Screenshot from the game:

And my pop door (really want to redo it with some decoupaged newspaper, as it shouldn't interfere with the door mechanism):

 

[theoldchick]

 

[Krugerrand]

Hello All, From Richmond Virginia ! First Post Here- ;-) So, Okay, I DID do my due Diligence, but there just doesn't seem to be much out there, or at least not for the basic search terms- I'm interested and Open to any and ALL Ideas for a 'goth' or 'Horror" Themed Coop- I have a LOT of Black Chickens, lol, a small flock of Ayam Cemanis, and a small flock of Black Jersey Giants,and I AM a Big "Horror" Fan, AND a History Buff, too, so I'd like to do something Really Cool.

Okay, GOTH/HORROR or Cool Historical Ideas for Chicken Coops ! I REALLY REALLY REALLY Want to do something Super COOL, and DIFFERENT,and Still be a Workable Coop to take care of my Beautiful Babies... ;-) Any and All Help is Greatly Appreciated !!

One thing to keep in mind ... unless your location is super shaded, traditionally dark goth colors for a coop will make it really hot in Richmond Virginia. Greys with black trim may prove more practical.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Your chickens will be laying scrambled eggs.

Brilliant lol

Hello and welcome to BYC!! Congratulations for joining! Hope you have fun and learn lots!

How about building the coop as a haunted house and turning the round feeders into like creepy statues or the rectangular ones into coffins? Can make pumpkin bowls to put grit in too. Love the idea!

 

[Ancient Futures]

Hey, those are very cool ideas !! Never even crossed my mind !! That's totally doable- I could probably find an "Evil Tree" Prop, Too ! or Make one, they could roost in it at the same time, but it could be like the one in Harry Potter or something like that, lol.. And Statues are a great idea, too, and also give them places to roost, too, and add lots of atmosphere- I'm planning on it being a good sized walk in run, so all that stuff could be in the run part... See ?! Sometimes it helps to have 'another set of eyes' so to speak, to see stuff you couldn't... I learned that from construction work, long ago.. I always try to have somebody else take a look at my work before I call it done, in case I missed something.. . ;-)

 

[Ancient Futures]

oooh you thinking actual design or like, fun decor? cos I think having black accents on the coop would be beautiful, you could work with interpreting ornate window framing! you could add some really cool antqiue/steampunk stuff to the run (depending on your location).

Haven't made up my mind, yet, but leaning hard towards Actual Design- Something 'Castle' like, or 'High Victorian', with at least one Round Turret w a 'Witchs Hat' Roof on it. Haven't got much past that, yet, but I WANT the Actual Coop to look something like that, and I'll Use Decor more in the RUN part. Still a lot of wheels turning, lol, but gettin closer by the Day. Preferably I can find a Good Coop Design, that I can then add to /modify with the Elements we want, but I'm not completely opposed to just drawing one up from scratch, either, if I have to.

 

[nuthatched]

If you want horror, you should get one of those cheapo prefabs that cost an arm and a leg. I jest.
May silver laced Wyandotte or silver sebright? Gold too. They have neat lacey look. Heritage barred rocks have really tight pin stripes.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Hey, those are very cool ideas !! Never even crossed my mind !! That's totally doable- I could probably find an "Evil Tree" Prop, Too ! or Make one, they could roost in it at the same time, but it could be like the one in Harry Potter or something like that, lol.. And Statues are a great idea, too, and also give them places to roost, too, and add lots of atmosphere- I'm planning on it being a good sized walk in run, so all that stuff could be in the run part... See ?! Sometimes it helps to have 'another set of eyes' so to speak, to see stuff you couldn't... I learned that from construction work, long ago.. I always try to have somebody else take a look at my work before I call it done, in case I missed something.. . ;-)

Yes in the run was exactly what I was thinking! Definitely pick a theme like Harry potter or haunted house and go all out on it!! Evil trees sound awesome get some outdoor Christmas lights in red and put them around the top of the run would look cool.. orrrr even get some orange lights and put them in some "fake windows" on the coop with creepy shadow cutouts