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I'm in the very beginning stage of building my first coop. It's going to be a variation on the Maine Coop that was posted somewhere on your site. Right now I've got just the frame done. It's about 8 inches off the ground, and it's 3 feet by 6 feet and 7 feet tall in the front and about a 5 inch shorter hight in the back so the rain can roll off.
 
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Wow, Great Thread!!! I thank you for creating.
I spent the whole summer of 2018 building my first chicken coop while taking care of my first baby chicks in the house.:jumpy
I did not know what I was getting into...the time, the cost $$$, and the mess.:thWatch your step...:wee
I do agree that it took way longer and cost more money than planned. I am so glad that I decided to make a walk in coop.
One thing that helped me was to spend time looking at as many coop builds as possible and I took these ideas and tried to keep the best ones and put pencil to paper.
Please see my short video tour of my first chicken coop.

This is a summary of materials and cost.
I was way over budget.

My biggest regret and it cost me the life of one of our favorite chickens was a poorly designed door. Do the research. I made the mistake of buying the Guillotine style door that had No safety features and was not forgiving. It came down on a shaft and trapped my chicken and crushed her. I got rid of that immediately and after spending hours in research I believe I found the best door on market in my opinion.

This is the company I bought the second door from,
I was so happy with it that I made them a promo AD :

I also made an installation video
Please check out.

Thanks for reading my Post. Hope it works out and keep it fun.

"Keep Moving forward"
:old
 
koko365 said:
I'm in the very beginning stage of building my first coop. It's going to be a variation on the Maine Coop that was posted somewhere on your site. Right now I've got just the frame done. It's about 8 inches off the ground, and it's 3 feet by 6 feet and 7 feet tall in the front and about a 5 inch shorter hight in the back so the rain can roll off.
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Oh! That's exciting, show us some pictures if you want to share.
 
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