Sharing almost a decade of chicken keeping information to help you design a better chicken coop for your backyard flock and avoid the common pitfalls.. A chicken coop or hen house is a small house where, typically, female chickens or other fowl are kept safe and secure. there are nest boxes found inside the hen houses for egg-laying, and perches on which the birds can sleep.. A main door to access the coop and a small chicken door are the only doors really needed. but i added cabinet doors, a nest box door, chicken door and a main door on this thing..
Raise farm-fresh eggs—and herbs and vegetables to enjoy with them – in this space-efficient coop-run-and-planter combination. it's hand built in washington state from solid western red cedar custom milled by a local, family-run sawmill…. I am flattered that the author of a new chicken book called henhouse has turned my humble coop-building instructions into this amazing infographic and posted it on visual.ly.. 131 responses to “how to build external nest boxes for your chicken coop”.