I NEED IDEAS FOR A LITTLE COOP!

[wings]

I am getting 5 more Barred Rocks soon, and I need to make a temporary coop for them, before we put them in with the big girls.

My dad is a carpenter and is very resourceful, but he needs ideas for a quick, cheap, little house that I can keep my babies in after they leave the brooder but before they can go in the coop. ANY PICTURES WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!!!

 

[Master S.M.C]

Check out the coop design section on the forum then click on small coops and/or tractors ans see what you like.

 

[Chickenaddict]

This is what i built for my seramas inside the house it is 5 ft wide by 3 ft deep by about 3 ft high. You don't have to get fancy with it like i did but it works great

I recently added a lower level for more chicks cost to add lower level using one thin sheet of plywood and some 2 by 2's....$9

I put the above brooder on saw horses and built the lower enclosure around them screwing perches to the saw horses and mounted a light in there. I still have to modify it a bit so excuse the slapped together chicken wire in the front.

 

[BlueLagoonRabbitry]

wow my mom would kill me if i had chickens in the house

 

[CATRAY44]

Check Craigslist for a doghouse...

 

[wings]

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Mine would too! We do keep the chicks in the basement when they are super young...

 

[wings]

Thanks Chickenaddict! That looks cool!

 

[Chickenaddict]

Your welcome wings

good luck with the build

 

[jvls1942]

do you have an existing building?
add a lean to.. very useful...

 

[wings]

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Do you have any pictures? I need any I can get...