Treehouse Chicken Coop

[Clowe]

We just bought a house with a treehouse and we are thinking of converting it into a chicken coop. It’s sturdy, shady, overall in good shape. We wanted to just build out the bottom as a coop but wood is outrageously expensive. Has anyone else had luck doing this? We of course have some work to do in order to keep the chickens safe/warm/dry. We are a bit stumped on what would work best to get them in and out. We could use this ladder as a frame for a ramp but then we worry they will jump from the ladder into the yard (bit of a problem if our dogs are out). This is our first time raising chickens and the coop has been by far the most stressful, haha!

 

[Clowe]

P.S. It’s about 8ft high

 

[TheCrochetChick]

The coop is stressful! Is there any way you can lower it? Chickens can have a pretty hard time climbing steep ladders,ramps,etc.

 

[TheCrochetChick]

If they will not be allowed in the yard when dogs are out, then they will def need a run. How many do you have?

 

[Thunder344]

If you could turn the ladder on the far right into a ramp, I think it would be good. I don't have a tree house chicken coop, but it sounds really cool!

 

[Clowe]

If they will not be allowed in the yard when dogs are out, then they will def need a run. How many do you have?

They have a big run and we do let them in the yard, just not when the dogs are out. We need to build a more permanent, sturdy fence but we have a temporary fence setup. We have 7 chickens.

 

[TheCrochetChick]

They have a big run and we do let them in the yard, just not when the dogs are out. We need to build a more permanent, sturdy fence but we have a temporary fence setup. We have 7 chickens.

It’ll work great then.

 

[Clowe]

The coop is stressful! Is there any way you can lower it? Chickens can have a pretty hard time climbing steep ladders,ramps,etc.

Lowering it is not an option, unfortunately. We don’t have the money or resources to do so. We have thought about deconstructing the whole thing and rebuilding it lower but it’s a lot of work/time as we both work full time, ha.

 

[Clowe]

If you could turn the ladder on the far right into a ramp, I think it would be good. I don't have a tree house chicken coop, but it sounds really cool!

Any thoughts of whether or not they would be able to enter/exit if we cut an opening in the floor vs. an opening on the side?

 

[Duckbreeder2020]

I think it’s gonna be to tall... really hard to get the chickens in at night.