I have never before raised chickens, and I have never built anything in my life, but I needed a chicken coop and I didn’t have the funds for a store bought one. A quick Google search brought me to Building a Chicken Coop by Bill Keene.
Bill promised to simplify the process of building a chicken coop from scratch and provide all the information I would need to successfully keep my own chickens.
Most importantly Mr. Keene provides a 60 day money back guarantee, which made the purchase risk free. Either it was everything he promised or I got my money back.
He also includes lots of bonus material, I was really excited about bonus number four, a pdf file titled: The Cheapest Materials to Build Your Coop Out Of.
It all sounded ideal for my needs, and I ordered right away.
It was just what I needed, and it sounds like you do too!
There's a lot to it. You need to reserch what type you want. Just make sure you dig deep in the ground to put the chicken wire. Lots of animals will dig and get in and that's why you need to go so deep. Look on google. Good luck
Two floors, and I used pvc to make a larger pen that I can attach and move around..we have hawks Fox and other predators...lower sections are wrapped with 1/2" wire mesh. As is the floor inside (less cleaning) I put a piece of linoleum over the wire mesh floor that I can roll and easily dump. There is a drop floor ramp down...the windows. Became nesting boxes w milk. Crates. I used a piece of clear poly window as a roof for nesting box and the inside table w another milk crate as a second box. The window on the other side has wire mesh and a clear piece of poly slid under shutters so they have enough light. I plan to wrap the lower area w clear as a windblock for winter so that the sunlight can still get underneath.
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we built ours from 2x4s and chicken wire. Built a frame and staple the wire on it. Cover with plastic orcorragated plastic roofing.
ck out backyardchickens.com. Great ideas. I repurposed a little tykes playhouse...turned into a chicken tractor that I can move. It's cute.
There's a lot to it. You need to reserch what type you want. Just make sure you dig deep in the ground to put the chicken wire. Lots of animals will dig and get in and that's why you need to go so deep. Look on google. Good luck
Two floors, and I used pvc to make a larger pen that I can attach and move around..we have hawks Fox and other predators...lower sections are wrapped with 1/2" wire mesh. As is the floor inside (less cleaning) I put a piece of linoleum over the wire mesh floor that I can roll and easily dump. There is a drop floor ramp down...the windows. Became nesting boxes w milk. Crates. I used a piece of clear poly window as a roof for nesting box and the inside table w another milk crate as a second box. The window on the other side has wire mesh and a clear piece of poly slid under shutters so they have enough light. I plan to wrap the lower area w clear as a windblock for winter so that the sunlight can still get underneath.
We've got some tutorials for you: http://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=chicken%20coop