Mad’s Chicken Coop

wanted to share my work with you guys.

friend of mine addicted me with chickens. he has about 3 chicken coops with a bunch of chickens.

he picked up 10x 1 month old chickens from a breeder on friday. and i will get 4 to start with….never had chickens before.

they are about 5 inches tall.

i told him i need some time to build a coop – he gonna take care of the lil chicks and i can pick them up when im ready.

 

to keep the costs low i purchase 2x4s. cut off the rounded edges and ripped them in 1.5″x1.5″ boards.

i browsed the internet for chicken coop designs and went then into the garage with actually no plans. just a picture in my head.

i kinda like building while i go.

so i started off on saturday with cutting, screwing and glueing.

finished on saturday with my first frame:

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in the evening after couple beer i thought about the design. yeah it will be big enough for 4 chickens but hey, were are in america – go big or go home, right?!

 

sunday morning:

i sliced it in half and made it bigger and couple more modifications. happy with the result:

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Hey, great work. Any consolation, I start my plans the exact same way madman. What’s the rear section for in your design?

Looking good man! I think chickens would be a fun hobby to get into. Eggs everyday and when their time is up they are finger lickin good!

thanks guys

 

 

ChrisK1970 wrote:

Hey, great work. Any consolation, I start my plans the exact same way madman. What’s the rear section for in your design?

those are nesting boxes. i gonna have 3 doors (for every vertical section) at the rear end to check and grab for eggs.

 

i already have some modifications in my head. gonna extend the coop again for more space haha.

pictures gonna follow.

ChrisK1970 wrote:

Hey, great work. Any consolation, I start my plans the exact same way madman. What’s the rear section for in your design?

It’s boxes for the chickens to nest.

I love it man, pocket holes in a chicken coop.

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I been thinking of doing this, thank you for sharing.

I wish I could raise chickens in the city 🙁 Fresh eggs would be awesome!! Looks awesome Madman!!

Wow they look huge. How many chickens are you putting in them. Looks really good, don’t forget to show us the final product.

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thanks guys

so far i just gonna get 4 chickens – but how it looks like i gonna order some more. i gonna have a problem finding the chickens in that coop haha. so big is it now.

front part got an extra 2′.

 

pictures will follow later on

Thanks madman, was curious. DR, they won’t let you have them? Our city approved a policy so we can but since some neighbors moved in down the street the Hawks of been a regular addition to our skyline!

Nope they are illegal for now in my city. Plus my neighbor is kind of an ahole 🙁

MM you’ve been busy bro great job on the coop I remember my uncles and gramps having chickens run everywhere in the yard but those days are gone… It’s really cool ur doin this bro!

Looks good MM. I wish I could raise a few chickens in my backyard.

Nice job so far. Put me in the boat with people who wish they could have chickens at their house.

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Looking good, if beer wasn’t involved when building something then it wasn’t done right..lol