In this twelfth ride of the Krewe of Coops, we tour a half dozen coops built using The Garden Coop backyard chicken coop plans and customized for the cold.
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Make It Your Own: Ralf’s Automated Chicken Haven, Kitzingen, Germany
Ralf used The Garden Coop walk-in chicken coop plans as a starting point for his fully insulated and highly automated chicken coop. The result is both beautiful and functional — and from the sound of it, a lot of fun to put together. The rest of this post comes directly from him. . .
Winter’s coming! Is your chicken coop ready for the cold weather?
Winter is on the way in the Northern Hemisphere. These 3 resources will help you get your coop and flock ready for the coming season:
- Chicken Keeping Buyer’s Guide – This is our selection of curated links to tools, materials, accessories, books, and art that make coop building and chicken keeping easier and more fun. Specific to cold weather, the guide points you to options for adding light to the coop and heat to your chickens’ waterer (and henhouse, if needed). Have ideas to add to the list? Please let me know.
- Winter Chicken Coop Care Series – This four-part series is our go-to reference for how to prepare your coop and flock for the winter. Please add any tips directly to the comments sections of those posts.
- All of our “winter”-themed posts – See everything we have that’s winter-related, including a many coop profiles from customers who’ve built our designs in some fairly cold and some truly extreme environments.
Happy wintering!
Make It Your Own: “Krewe of Coops” Virtual Chicken Coop Tour, No. 6 — Ten Chicken Coops Built with Salvaged Materials
Some of the most interesting chicken coops feature repurposed, recycled, or salvaged materials and decorations. Whether done for the sentiment, the looks, the environment, or simply to save money, incorporating available and found materials into your backyard coop will make it one of a kind. . . Read More
How to heat your chickens’ nipple waterer in the winter
Just a quick post to share what we did last winter to keep our chickens’ nipple waterer from freezing. We bought an immersible birdbath heater (see our Buyer’s Guide for more details). Because the element rests at the bottom of the bucket, near the nipples, the warmth not only kept the nipples from freezing, but also kept any drops that formed on the outside of the nipples from freezing. Read More
Make It Your Own: “Krewe of Coops” Virtual Chicken Coop Tour, No. 2
It’s time again for the Krewe of Coops, a celebration of what people have been building with our chicken coop plans. This time, we’re featuring The Garden Coop design exclusively, with nine fantastic examples from across the U.S. and one from Australia. So gather your feathered friends, find a comfy perch, and enjoy the parade!
Make It Your Own: Bill and Chris’s Massachusetts Walk-in Garden Coop Chicken Coop
Bill and Chris in Southeastern Massachusetts built a beautiful chicken coop using The Garden Coop walk-in chicken coop plans. They sent us some nice pictures and a detailed description of all they did to make it their own. The rest of the post comes directly from Chris. . . . Read More
Make It Your Own: Nate’s Winterized Wisconsin Garden Coop Walk-in Chicken Coop
With extremely cold weather dipping into the U.S. this winter, I thought I’d share some detailed notes I got from a customer in Galesville, Upper Wisconsin. He’s taken several steps to winterize his Garden Coop walk-in chicken coop and run and reports that his flock of seven has stayed active, healthy, and laying — even as the mercury dips to 20 below. Read on to see what he’s done. The rest of this post comes directly from Nate. . . Read More