Naturalistic Chicken Coops!

[-Kiwi-]

I am currently working to make my coops more "natural"looking, with branch perches and things. I want to put some plants around it and maybe grow a vine on it for some shade, but I want some ideas! Does anyone else have a naturalistic coop you'd like to share?

Noir standing on the new perches!

This is a temporary nesting area until I can find a better solution.

Red Raggles needed to investigate!

A swing!

It still needs improvement and I have another coop awaiting renovation, but this is it so far!

 

[K0k0shka]

Well, my coop isn't very natural-looking - it's a building, after all - but I definitely tried to give my run a natural look. I used lots of logs and branches, I have a lot of greenery both inside and immediately surrounding the run (for a nice green view), I stained the wooden frame of the run dark brown to make it look more like tree bark; I lined the back wall of the run with faux ivy; and I even found natural-looking containers to use for water and grit in the run, because I really don't like all the ugly plastic or metal chicken gear You can see details and lots of pictures in my coop page, but here are some highlights:

I built a climbing/perch structure out of logs:

And a dust bath out of shorter log pieces:

And here are my natural-looking resin containers that I'm using for water and grit. Both of them are planters, actually. The one I'm using for water, I lined it with aquarium silicone to make it safe to drink from.

 

[BleuSaphir]

Well, my coop isn't very natural-looking - it's a building, after all - but I definitely tried to give my run a natural look. I used lots of logs and branches, I have a lot of greenery both inside and immediately surrounding the run (for a nice green view), I stained the wooden frame of the run dark brown to make it look more like tree bark; I lined the back wall of the run with faux ivy; and I even found natural-looking containers to use for water and grit in the run, because I really don't like all the ugly plastic or metal chicken gear You can see details and lots of pictures in my coop page, but here are some highlights:

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I built a climbing/perch structure out of logs:
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And a dust bath out of shorter log pieces:
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And here are my natural-looking resin containers that I'm using for water and grit. Both of them are planters, actually. The one I'm using for water, I lined it with aquarium silicone to make it safe to drink from.
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Wonderful coop and run!

 

[K0k0shka]

Wonderful coop and run!

Thank you!

 

[rosemarythyme]

@K0k0shka Your set up was the first one I thought of as soon as I saw the title of OP's post.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

I am currently working to make my coops more "natural"looking, with branch perches and things. I want to put some plants around it and maybe grow a vine on it for some shade, but I want some ideas! Does anyone else have a naturalistic coop you'd like to share?
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View attachment 2361516 Noir standing on the new perches!
View attachment 2361521 This is a temporary nesting area until I can find a better solution.
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View attachment 2361537 A swing!
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It still needs improvement and I have another coop awaiting renovation, but this is it so far!

For your swings you could use chains links, or old chain