coop build

Hi Everyone! I am designing my first coop and would like some guidance for those of you that have experience! I live near Sudbury and right now my main concern is how to build the coop properly for winter. I've seen lots of info saying the ladies will share body heat to keep the coop warm...

This will be a coop build but I'm also looking for some pointers from anyone who has more experience! When my family moved to our current home there was an old chicken coop that had perches and nest boxes but no run to speak of. We built a fence and created a lean-to on the ground at the side...

Devastated and posting this as hopefully a warning to prevent another accident like this occurring. Have been putting mama hen and her 4 babies out in the run during the day and back inside at night for the past 2 days, and one of the chicks just died under the regular feeder the hen (used to be...

My husband and I finished our coop this week! :yesss: The interior measures about 7.5’ x 11’, so plenty of room for my six girls with a bit of chicken math already factored in. For anyone curious, here’s a build breakdown: Walls + Flooring The walls are pallets, with CDX exterior and OSB...

I had a 12x8 old shed that was my chicken coop before. But sadly I had to give my flock away because it had such a rotten roof raccoons kept getting in and killing them. At the time I didn't have the money to fix it up and it was the middle of winter. Now I have to decide to fix the rotten shed...

Just wanted a place to document our progress in building our coop. It’s going to be 8x12 with a run approx 200ft. It’s located at the beginning of the wooded space on our property to keep them away from my hungry dogs and so they have plenty of space to tear up that isn’t my garden. There should...

I am working on building a droppings board in my coop. I want to make it in two pieces. A support and then a lightweight removable top box that I can pull out and disinfect/spray down as needed. Does anyone have any ideas of a lightweight, but strong, material for the topper? The size is going...

Here is the final product. The gutter on the back needs to be added, husband is doing that tomorrow, but otherwise what we are calling the chicken Taj Mahal is done. Paint is done (as of 6:51pm tonight), run is done, run is covered, predator skirt is installed, automatic door opening...

Hi. We are getting 8 chicks at the end of April. So it is time to design our Coop, get feedback. The goal is have a set design so I can get a material build list made and picked up and let us weekend warrior this coop over 6 weeks. I'm in Oregon, Willamette Valley, it is wet, like wet-wet, so...

My brother and I are building this coop. I keep a daily journal of the build and this picture is one I drew this past week after I primed the raw wood. Steve K

Hey all, I am new the site and am moving shortly to a home with a little space and a run-down chicken coop. I would like to fix it up and add on a nice sized run for my flock of around 8-10 that are currently in eggs sitting under a friend's hen. Background info: 1) I'm in central North...

We are a young family living in Central Victoria, Australia. My husband and I each grew up with chickens so have been keen for our children to share that experience. With the lockdown we suddenly found ourselves with free weekends at home and decided it was the perfect project for us all to do...

Alright. So some of you may remember my water fiasco in the original coop my husband and I built about two weeks ago. Our pallet built coop was found with standing water after a couple days of heavy storms. So... hubby and I panicked. Bought a ton of wood. And started building. Keep in mind, we...

This is our first flock... this is our custom, DIY garage coop! I will be working on the run this coming weekend. Here's a YouTube link for the full tour of the coop: I will attach some photos too... my boys enjoyed picking a bunch of dandelions and presenting the girls with a big salad!

Hey guys! So hubby and I built a medium coop from pallet wood a couple weeks ago. We actually just added onto a very small coop we used 3 years ago. We had the placement perfect.... so we thought. After several days of rain and storms, we go out to check on the coop and talk about progress, and...

Hello everybody, I've wanted to make a new coop for my chooks for a while. I've recently discovered sketchup and had some fun playing around with making a little house for them, partly based on ones I've read about on here, but I'd like some input from people who've been there, done that, and...

I plan on building two coops, one for chickens and one for ducks. I've been googling some ideas but most of them seem to have the wire too thin, which can be very bad for me since there's predators here. We don't have raccoons, foxes, etc. We have mongooses and rats, therefore they can get in...