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I modified these coop plans for mine... I wanted an eight foot long sealed enclosure to keep the snow and sun off of my birds, and I wanted to insulate the box to keep them alive in the winter. I used hard foam insulation with exterior plywood on the outside, and found lumber to protect it from pecking on the inside. The coop is ringed in galvanized wire.
All in all, the plans were a big help. They're not perfect, but they give a really easy to follow design to base yours from. I moved a lot of stuff around and changed some measurements, but it's essentially the same product.
The instructions for the nest box are pretty lousy, and I had to figure that out myself... and my roof had to be cut larger, so I needed two sheets of plywood there, not one.
Here's the end product, complete with chickens on the inside and canines on the outside:
All in all, the plans were a big help. They're not perfect, but they give a really easy to follow design to base yours from. I moved a lot of stuff around and changed some measurements, but it's essentially the same product.
The instructions for the nest box are pretty lousy, and I had to figure that out myself... and my roof had to be cut larger, so I needed two sheets of plywood there, not one.
Here's the end product, complete with chickens on the inside and canines on the outside:
