Post on freeccyle for a doghouse wanted. If you mention the circumstances, I'm sure someone will come forward. with a freebie. That way you can take your time thinking about if/what you want to build. Our first entire year, up to seven chickens by the end of it, we used a doghouse. It was a giant dog house, from a giant Newfie, I think, originally, but it was great for starting out, took no work.
We basically sawed off one whole side and covered it back up with the part we'd sawed out, only with hings. Put a trap over the open side for a chicken-only door. Threw up a dropped branch or two for roosts and added in a milk crate for eggs. That lasted almost a year til we felt like building.
Probably did everything wrong that first year that we could, but never lost a bird. Which jut goes to show that anyone who likes to make this look hard is just showing off. Chickens live happily every were in the world, in the wild jungle, in city slums, on junkpiles and dumps and under houses.
Living in suburbia, yor main responsibility is to keep them safe from the top-of-the-food chain predators, whatever's in your area. Fisher cats, coyotes, raccoons etc.
Have fun with Holly!
Congrats!
