Chicken Haus
When John told me he would build me a chicken coop, I pictured something small and modest. Room for maybe three or four chickens.
I got this.
I got an 8′x8′ chicken suite with an attached 8′x16′ run. We still have a few minor details to finish (some trim, putting more stone around the run), but otherwise it’s complete.
If I ever have to hang chicken wire again, I will die.
Here is the “pop” door. The cable runs up through a pulley, and then outside the coop so you can raise and lower the door without having to go in. The chickens have it figured out pretty well.
The nest boxes. I drew the plans and John cut the wood and lent me a helping hand during assembly. We haven’t built a ramp yet, but plan to. IKEA Hackers has a post where they use a bottle rack as a ramp to the nest boxes, which I’d really like to try out because it would mean a million less hours of cutting wood. We are also going to add roosts.
By the way, this is our newest addition. She is a Cochin, and our friendliest.
