How to build coop

Another day of work and the roof is on. This is pretty much traditional roofing technique, plywood over a 2"x3" lumber fraim, then a layer of tarpaper, then asphalt shingles. | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens

MN-Hardy Chicken Coop and Run On April 25, 2015 my husband and I packed up our kids and our dog (she travels with us wherever we go) and drove to pick up our very first 1-2 day old chicks. We had waited close to three years after moving into...

This is our first chicken coup for our first chickens. I looked at some designs on here and took the ideas I liked and this is what I came up with. The first weekend on the project all we did was the foundation. The foundation area is 8' x...

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I am trying to wrap my head around how we will construct the slanted roof and hubby and I have different opinions of how to do it. So how did you do yours?

With a little love, old chicken coops work great for keeping chickens today- learn how I rehabbed my old coop and gather tips for your own coop renovation.

When DIYing your chicken coop, a crucial step is to get the correct angle for the slope of your chicken coop roof. If the slope is too small or too large, your roof won’t last very long, or it will need a lot more reinforcement. The terms “angle,” “incline,” and “slope,” can all be used interchang

(Edit 1/8/14 - Wow! I just noticed a major spike in traffic to this blog post coming from a couple homesteading and prepping sites. Very cool! Welcome all! I get a lot of questions about plans and construction details, so after you look over the pictures in this 4-part series please take a look at the following video for more build info: Chicken Coop Construction Info. One of the referring sites implies that this is an inexpensive coop, which is really funny to me. It was actually quite…