New member & trying to decide on coops

[Birchpeeps]

Hi All
So happy to have found Backyardchickens! We've got 6 young 'uns, that have grown too fast! They were chicks for 3 days, it seems. At 7 weeks old, I still have yet to build them something. They are enjoying the garage and bit of the backyard bushes.
I've been looking at so many of the lovely coops that people have posted. Such talent!

 

[Jerry G]

nice to meet you! I am new to the forum also and I am now looking into putting a coop in my backyard. I am new to this and I have been looking on websites for easy instruction guides because I am not very good at carpentry. I found one on DIY.com that I hope can help me. I plan on ordering it soon.

 

[Kevin565]

 

[weimarmama]

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from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

 

[Egg Lover]

Welcome! They grow extremely fast, especially the ISAs we bought. I had the coop half way done when we bought our chicks, and they still nearly outgrew the brooder before I was ready for them.

 

[kidcody]

from washington state glad you joined us!

 

[Birchpeeps]

Hi & Welcome to you too.
I've searched all over for plans too. Tractor Supply has some ideas. On their site,look under the "Know how central"-- Found out about it on BYC recent post--She built a beautiful tractor coop .

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Hi and from Ohio. So glad you joined.

 

[sumi]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

 

[Egg Lover]

I found looking at the coops that others had built gave me many good ideas to think about. There are some very basic plans available online to get ideas from. Here's a couple.
I spent a lot of time just looking at the coops here at BYC. Grab some tools and lumber and get to building, try not to think too much into it, it'll all come together.


http://www.buildeazy.com/chicken_coop_1.html

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/awtandrockss-chicken-coop