Michelle built this adorable North Carolina chicken coop using The Basic Coop plans and hardware kit. Her four chicks moved in in the fall, and she wrote recently to say that they made it through the cold, snowy winter with no issues — and no added light or heat (or lava lamps). (more…)
Posts tagged with ‘The Basic Coop’
Make It Your Own: Michelle’s “Hippie Chicks” Chicken Coop, Durham, North Carolina
Friday, March 20th, 2015Make It Your Own: Sandra and John’s Basic Coop, Layton, Utah
Saturday, October 25th, 2014
Sandra and John used The Basic Coop stand-alone chicken coop plans to build this home for their mixed flock of standard and bantam hens in Utah. They made a few modifications to suit their needs: (more…)
Make It Your Own: Rebecca’s Basic Coop and Run
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
Rebecca from just outside Philadelphia sent in a couple pictures of her new Basic Coop stand-alone chicken coop and attached run. I’m impressed by the height modification she made, her choice of siding and color, and the way she thought through the whole process to build a coop that would suit her needs. What’s even more impressive is that this is one of her first-ever building projects. The rest of the post comes directly from her. . . (more…)
Introducing The Basic Coop
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014Our latest coop design is ready! It’s called The Basic Coop, and plans and hardware kits are now available. Take a look. . .
How to build external nest boxes for your chicken coop
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Whether you’re building The Garden Coop, The Garden Ark, The Basic Coop, or pretty much any other chicken coop, the instructions that follow will show you in detail how to add external nesting boxes to your coop.
First, a little background. I designed The Garden Coop, The Garden Ark, and The Basic Coop to make efficient use of space, be easy to build, and to have everything under one roof — including the nesting boxes. Personally, I prefer the simplicity of having the boxes in the henhouse, and it has worked well for us and many others for years.
So if you’re new to chicken keeping or coop building, please do not feel as though you have to add exterior nest boxes to your coop.
That said, there’s something about external nesting boxes that just captures the fancy of backyard chicken keepers. . . . (more…)
