This old house chicken coop

[Suburban-nite]

My spouse is building me this chicken coop! So excited.

https://www.thisoldhouse.com/yards/21015894/build-it-how-to-build-a-chicken-coop

Has anyone tried to build this? Thoughts?

 

[DobieLover]

My spouse is building me this chicken coop! So excited.

https://www.thisoldhouse.com/yards/21015894/build-it-how-to-build-a-chicken-coop

Has anyone tried to build this? Thoughts?

Well... It's well constructed, but poorly designed for a chicken coop. It severely lacks ventilation and will be difficult to work with the birds.
No overhangs.
No windows.

 

[Suburban-nite]

My spouse's chicken coop building progress. Loving it!

 

[Suburban-nite]

I am thinking about adding these coop features to the original design:

Any thoughts of other useful features?

 

[SueT]

I like it! It would be easy to add some ventilation. I think they'd like to roost up high, in the peak area!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

My spouse's chicken coop building progress. Loving it!

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How many chickens will you have?

 

[Suburban-nite]

We will be getting 5 chicks next month.

 

[Suburban-nite]

We made a lot of progress with our coop. My kiddos primed and painted the Chicken coop pink! Asphalt shingles for the roof have been trimmed for a "victorian" look. Roosting box built. Felt paper going up on the exterior walls, and exterior wall shingles have been stained.

 

[Suburban-nite]

It was a busy weekend, we added the hinged door, roof, felt paper, window, and roosting box.
We're reusing our Lucky Dog Kennel for our outdoor chicken run. We're making good progress.