small-coops

Made entirely of reclaimed wood, our little coop houses five lovely ladies. We are newbie chicken owners so this is our first attempt at a coop build. We got most of our ideas from the wonderful coops featured here.

Step 1: Get a bunch of free wood from a Craig's List ad. 5 2x6s, 3 2x4s and some other scraps scavenged from the alley by your house. I also got a pallet from a guy whose cabinets were delivered on pallets. Step 2: Rip all the boards in half (2x6s and 2x4s become 2x3s and 2x2s)...

The Cozy Coop in Cape We've always wanted to have out own hens so one evening we went out and did it. We picked up 7 chicks, 4 red ones and 3 white ones from Tractor Supply along with all the starter equipment. Our chicks lived in our downstairs bathroom in an old wooden toy box while the...

EASY FAST one day run... Was told about these pvc hoop runs but didnt know they were so easy and fast to build Couldnt find the steps to build one so afriend told me what she did Decided to show other ppl the steps to building one. My Size is 8' X7 ' for 2 or 3 chickens . Super easy...

'Chic Urban Chicken Living' We live in an urban location in Los Angeles with limited yard space. I wanted something that was large enough to comfortably house my chickens but fit in nicely to our yard and was pleasing to the eye. I wanted to repurpose as much as I could, so I took old windows...

Here is our finished coop. It took about 3 weeks to complete & we only bought the wire and hardware. All lumber items were laying around the house or a friends house.I had a window and a door laying around too. Our Coop is 6' x 3.5' with a 6'x7' (6'x11' if you count area under the coop) run...

SIMPLE LIVING CHICKEN COOP I'm only 15 years old and I built this coop all by my self. The only help i had was by my parents who just got supplies for me. I Did all of the building myself. I hope you like the Article I put a lot...

Est. 2013 Behold! As of April 7th, is finally done!Cluck Castle This is my first chicken coop. Built completely by my dad and I. My chicken coop story starts with needed a new home for my month old chicks. They had been currently living in a recycling box, and with them growing faster than...

We started out with the leftover upstairs house from our childrens old playground.Most of the other wood had been repurposed or burned and that was the last piece left.The house is basicly 4 by 8 ft so it was perfect for the small flock I had envisioned. It was serving as a makeshift...

Why am I building this coop? 2/28/2013-Six new pullets were purchased and the prospect of fresh eggs became a reality! First Coop: 3/15/2013-Bought a small coop as a brooder/isolation coop. The Plan.... I threw together a quick sketch up plan just to give myself an idea of what I wanted...

Little Red Hen Coop I am trying to write this information as simple as I can. Built this coop after looking at several member's coops and their details and ideas. So we are grateful to those who take time to post pictures and information. I used OSB 4' x 8' x 5/16" plywood...

Though I am interested, I don’t have a lot of opportunity to explore “green” building techniques and designs. This Suburban chicken coop is my opportunity to put some ideas to the test. I got my chicks in mid-May so that I had to get a coop built before they outgrew their brooder. I got 10...

My husband built this medium coop with run with recycled plywood to save money but it still cost more to make than we intended but we are very happy with it. He found a sign when he bought the recycled plywood that said Serenity Garden in a pretty script so we put that on the coop. the run...

I had been to the local feed store and the guy had in there this little teeny tiny church that he had built. It was sooo cute with it's little steeple, etc. We already knew that we wanted to build an old west themed group of coops, so the church became the first choice. This was the first coop I...

Basic Backyard Coop--Keep It Simple, Make It Fast My start in backyard chickens was completely by accident, but by gradual measures I discovered the joys of fresh eggs (yum!), the the instant composting abilities of chickens (food scraps to manure in less than 24 hours!), the tireless labor...

This is the Bed & Breakfast A Bed for the hens and breakfast for us! We took the Purina Mills Chicken Coop plan and changed a few things. For instance, we didn’t like how the nesting boxes were right over the pop door and moved them to the right side. In their place we put a large, square...

So my main goals for this coop were: cheap, let me use deep litter method, easy to clean, light-weight so I can move it if needed, and give me more space so I can expand my flock. I shopped around on Craigslist and got some free pallets, two of which were incredibly heavy, so I set them aside...

The Cleveland Koop It all started about 2 years ago when our friends got chickens. We saw them and decided to get some of our own! so we built our first one, and it was more like a rabbit hutch. It was a really good coop... Up until I wanted to get more chickens!! (I think it is a disease!) So...

We live in a cramped Las Vegas neighborhood and have plans on moving to a home with a bigger lot this summer. We didn't think there would be any problem getting a few chickens in advance since nobody has lived in either of the houses next to us for a long time. Of course as Murphy's Law would...

You may want to ask the hubs before you barrow all his tools and scraps. I was given free rains to the tools and materials. ;) This is a 1 day project. If you paint the frame first, 2 days. I have a batch of chicks that will need houseing untill they are large enough to add to our current...