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Chicken Coop with Run

June 17, 2011 |
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posted by Jen Marzen
About This Project

My husband and I live on a small hobby farm and are growing/raising a lot of our own food. We decided to venture into working with chickens. We wanted to start out small so we got 6 chickens and needed a home for them. We found a kids play house one day while shopping and got the idea of modifying it into a chicken coop with a run. We took off with this idea and with quite a bit of modification and some extra building materials we were able to raise it up in the air and attach a run so our chickens would have a nice home to protect them from preditors and the emements and not to mention one that looks good in our yard!

Estimated Time Investment: 
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Required Skill Level: 
Beginner
Finish Used: 
Cedar deck stain and white outdoor house paint

chicken coop

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benfoldsfivealive's picture

OMG!

This is awesome!! I want to make this!

posted by benfoldsfivealive | on Fri, 2011-06-17 20:06

Looks awesome! I just spent

Looks awesome! I just spent the evening building a coop for 4 hens of my own!

posted by Guest (not verified) | on Fri, 2011-06-17 23:26

Fab little coop!

Are the plans available? I have Black Copper Marans and Lavender Ameraucanas and I really need to separate the LAs from the BCMs and this would be perfect!

posted by Heather Dalton (not verified) | on Tue, 2012-02-21 22:08

Where are the plans?

When I click the link to get the plans for the standard coop, they are not there. Do you know where I can find the original plans? Thanks.

posted by Mary - Scentsy Independent Consultant (not verified) | on Sun, 2012-02-26 21:00

Yes - would love the plans

Yes - would love the plans please!!!
It's gorgeous - great job!

posted by madrona (not verified) | on Tue, 2012-02-28 13:20

I'd also love the

I'd also love the plans!
Great job - it's beautiful!

posted by madrona (not verified) | on Tue, 2012-02-28 13:21

Plans?

I'd also love the plans - thanks!

posted by guest (not verified) | on Tue, 2012-02-28 13:22

Is there plans for this?

Is there plans for this?

posted by stephanie (not verified) | on Sat, 2012-03-10 19:38

Is there plans for this?

Is there plans for this?

posted by stephanie (not verified) | on Sat, 2012-03-10 19:45

Plans?

Can you please post the plans you used? I have 4 week old chicks that need a coop. Thank you very much.

posted by Eliza B (not verified) | on Thu, 2012-05-31 12:02
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No Plans.....

Sorry guys there are no plans for this coop. My husband and i just "winged it" and built it without any plans.

It is a play house that we found at Mills Fleet Farm and we modified it to make it a chicken coop. We put together the play house based on instructions from the box (with a few of our own modifications to make the window on the ground etc.) added some chicken wire to the doors and bay window, added some 4x4 "stilts" and a floor to get the house in the air, and constructed a frame around it with 2x4's and wire fencing to make the run

Sorry I dont have any plans to give you guys!

posted by Jen Marzen | on Sat, 2012-06-02 17:22

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