chicken coop

Hey guys, I've built things before like furniture, but never something this large. We want to construct a 6ft x 16ft fenced in lean-to chicken run with a roof for 4-6 chickens. I've got 17x 8ft pressure treated 2x4's leftover from a project of mine, I'd really love to use them for the roof of...

Hey everyone! Needing some insight on adding a duck enclosure to an existing chicken coop. We will have 2-3 runner ducks in here. All chickens and ducks freely free range during the day so this would just be for nighttime. We have an automatic door. So far this rough estimate is about 4.5’ x...

I stay in a tropical country. So it rains a lot. A good thing about the weather is that we don't have winter and temperatures stay in the range of about 23 Celsius (night) to about 35 Celsius (day). My coop is in my fenced garden. I'm having a problem keeping the floors dry. It gets really...

So I've recently found this dog kennel (picture isn't mine) and I think it's pretty big and maybe could be used for other birds? I'm thinking maybe a trio of Japanese quails or just a brooding area for birds? If anyone comes up with what I can use this for I'd really appreciate it!! :love

So we'll be getting some ducklings and chicks soon, and we were thinking about making a coop in these rooms, does it seem okay? The rooms are in an old shed, we will ofcourse empty out everything and put in what they need and clean it, it looks dirtier on camera rather than what it actually is...

Thinking of buying this coop on Wayfair: https://www.wayfair.com/Archie-and-Oscar%E2%84%A2--Duchess-Door-Hen-House-II-Chicken-Coop-with-Roosting-Bar-X117537517-L2960-K~W006426406.html?refid=FR49-W006426406. Should I?

I’m going to be getting a coop from the OverEZ brand. Originally, we were going to build a large chicken coop ourselves, but we have way too many other project going on so we won’t have the time to build one ourselves. Currently, we have 10 full grown chickens who have outgrown their current...

Hey everybody! My family has recently bought a new house. It’s got a pond for our ducks and lots of space for our chickens to forage in, but unfortunately, our current chicken coop isn’t mobile, and we have to buy or build a new one when we move. However, there is a 12 x 14 foot shed on the...

So I’ve been adding to my run and was thinking about adding a dust bath inside my covered run I’m planning on using a kitty pool for the container but any suggestions as to what to use for the dust

Hello! I have a question for those who live in a place with pretty cold winters. We are in zone 5b and it regularly can be -10° - -20° or more (sometimes days in a row). I would like to know if the chickens will be safe and warm in there if we paired it up with an electric fence. Thank you in...

Hey everyone! I'm thinking of building a new, and nicer chicken coop this spring and was wondering if anybody had some good plans for a 10 chicken coop that you can walk into. Would that be considered a medium or large chicken coop? Thanks! (It also snowed today and my Orpingtons did NOT like...

With a lot of help from Back Yard Chickens in the last two years, our flock is happily thriving. With your design help, we submitted plans for our coop and received extensive direction redesigning. Here is a video of the process and build, safety measures as well as an update on my little...

Hello everyone, I am new to this group and also newbie on raising chickens. I been looking all over internet to find a good chicken coop but i always see negative feedback. I just wonder if anyone can recommend me a website or a store that selling a good chicken coop that last long. I am now...

Hello! I just want to say thank you to everyone who has helped me so far on my journey caring for my chickens. I just wanted to update everyone on my coop and also on the new chicken coop camera I got! Its called AlkiVision, it was 40$ and it works amazingly. You can talk through it, hear your...

Hi all, I have 3 hens all the same age, however 2 or the 3 have started to refuse to roost in the coop at night while the other one stays in there all night and half the day, she also isn’t broody at all. The other 2 have decided to roost on the dogs bed. I also cleaned the coop out and...

I'm making a coop for my little bantams. The run will be 8x8, but I need to know what size coop I will need for 12 to 14 bantams. I'm not including the coop and run in the measurements, the ones that I need are just for their little house to get out of the weather. Thanks.

We have a shed for our chickens to sleep in with lots of roosting bars and then they have their outside run. 4 out of 8 of the chickens aren’t taking themselves inside to roost once the sun falls. Tonight I went down to shut them in and we very narrowly missed the fox getting inside our coop...

So this afternoon I was putting crickets in a container for another pet I have when I couldn’t get all of the crickets out of the box. I took the box to my chickens and dumped the remaining crickets out there, (no more than 30), threw the box away then came back to see they had all scattered...

Hi all! My partner and I have raised 6 beautiful hens that are 1 year old. We are moving to a new place that does not allow us to keep the ladies. We are looking for a home for the flock (free of charge) and are selling the chicken coop ($650). Separate post for the chickens --the coop and...