coop

Finally finished my coop this evening. Run is 20’x15’ and coop is 8’x8’ inside. Installed bird netting on top of run, A custom door my wife can open from the outside of the run, and super proud of my nesting boxes. Made them from the rough cut pine I had from tearing down a project in our...

My babies are almost ready to move into the coops! I realized I had 3 roos and set up a bachelor pad and small run for them. I have the big coop and enclosed run for the girls. I will be adding sand later his week when east Texas dries out. Please let me know if I should change/add anything...

Hi - I have five silkies. Three are laying and two are still young at about 2 months. I have two Eglu Go coops. The three older ones usually go into one and the two younger ones are supposed to go into the second one. The younger ones just decided they wanted to integrate themselves into the...

Ok, I have a mix of ages. 6 - 5 weeks fully feathered, 7-3 weeks, and 2- 1 week chicks. The 2 1 wk chicks are separated from the others. My coops ready and I'd like to start moving chicks outside, but I have questions. I'm confident the 5 week olds would be fine even without a heat lamp (once...

Hello everyone! I currently built a coop that I bought off of Amazon and it comes with a run. The coop is for my ducks, and I’m planning to get more. However, inside the coop itself is not big enough for 10 ducks, so I want to insulate the attached run, and get one more to attach and insulate as...

Hi, I recently bought a house that has an existing chicken coop that the previous owners kept chickens in. It has a manually latched door, and an interesting roost/nesting box setup? I'm curious if there's any ideas y'all can provide about things I should change, or anything to add/remove...

Hello everyone, Back in 2020, amidst soaring lumber prices and shortages, we constructed our coop. As a result, the exterior parts of our coop are showing signs of wear and tear. While we've been working on repairs over the past few months, there are still a few issues that need attention...

I have Wyandotte chickens that are 2 months old, they now live in their coop outside. Tonight is suppose to get into the 20’s, which is the coldest they will have encountered. Do they need a heat source, or will they be ok in the coop for the night?

Just an update on the chicks…they’re almost 7 weeks now and have been in the coop full time for 4 days. I think they’re loving it. Though I still have to make sure they all go inside at night sometimes. A bit worried as tonight will be 33°, it’s been in the low forties lately 😬 Here’s a few...

Hi again! Before purchasing anything, I’d love feedback on brands / set ups! I’m not great at building things, so the simpler, the better. I’d also like to stay under $500, if possible! I was planning to get a dog kennel, adding a roof, and then having a coop inside! There are *lots* of...

So my chickens have officially moved into their own house now and I set up a camera to monitor from work, I am a bit paranoid the placement is no bueno. Lo and behold on day one Jill showed up with a bunch of Joeys clutched to her and Jack trailing her like Jaba the Hut. We went to the local...

I just switched my set up to accommodate more birds (currently have 3 adults but 4 juveniles and 4 babies in the brooder). I had a large horse wire fence very predator proof cage that I took apart. Now I have a 10X10 chain link fence with a tarp zip tied to the top (it’s not fully tied at the...

Five pullets, second night as a chicken keeper. Night #1 I had to grab each girl and put her in the coop by hand, and I sat there until the auto-door closed. A little stressful for all of us. So I did my internet sleuthing and read that putting a small light inside the coop before dusk will...

Hello all, We're 90% sure we're going to build our ladies a Woods style coop. There are several folks who've done excellent articles or ongoing threads about how they've decided on final designs and gotten things built, etc., but I'm wondering whether anyone has a concise list of lumber and...

I just expanded our too small coop to include an attached but very secure “open air” section. The inside coop isn’t big enough for roosts AND nesting boxes so which would be better for the outside area: nesting boxes or roosts? The chickens also have a very large fenced in run.

Hiii, I’m getting 3 chickens (1 Buff Orpington, 1 Easter Egger, 1 Plymouth Rock) and I am thinking about purchasing the Aivituvin chicken coop, I’m not sure which model it is but I will insert the image. I was wondering if anyone has experience with this coop and if it will survive. I am also...

I’m looking for reviews for the Smart Coop. Does anyone have one and if so what do you think? Thank you! https://smart.coop.farm/

Hello! Recently, we’ve been filling up some big holes in the backyard with shell rock, which is crushed limestone and shells. I’ve always been under the assumption limestone was toxic if the dust is inhaled. Is that true, or will my chickens be harmed if they are exposed to it?

Hi, We have a friend who needed to re-home her hens, so we said yes. She gave us 18 hens a run and a coop, which was far too small. We spent under $300 building this house. We had some recycled 2x4 pine. I'm terrible at making posts but I wanted to show you can build a henhouse for a few hundred...