Share your dream coop!

[PioneerChicks]

We're moving and I will be building a new coop (or coops) at our next place. I'm looking for ideas and inspiration. Please share your dream coop plans and must-haves!

P. S. I want to try geese too, and possibly more pigeons, and who knows what else, so other poultry species coops are welcome

 

[perkolator]

There's a whole section of this website dedicated to chicken coops in the Articles drop down menu: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/categories/chicken-coops.12/

 

[saysfaa]

This is one of my two favorites if I lived in any temperate climate that doesn't get below negative 20F for sustained time periods.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/woods-style-house-in-the-winter.445004/

It scales up in size easily. It can scale down in size to about 6x10 without too much problem with function.

Except I would have wider eaves (1-2' wide) and an attached room for feed, supplies, entry room, and such.

My other favorite is mine that is the same concept of the above in a standard-shed-looking version.

 

[3KillerBs]

Neuchickenstein, my open air coop is as close to my ideal as we could accomplish -- though I have to admit to having fence envy for a property a mile or so away that has a row of large pens that I suspect were used to breed and keep hunting hounds. That would be so nice for separating breeding groups!

I'm working on Neuchickenstein's coop page, but here's it's build thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/large-open-air-coop-in-central-nc.1443812/

It's featured in my hot climate article: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/hot-climate-chicken-housing-and-care.77263/