Building an outdoor chicken coop

This instructable shows how to build a small outdoor coop for chickens or guinny hens from recycled materials.

Step 1 Get your materials

To build this project you will need a variety of materials.
The materials include:
-chop saw
-screws
-electric drill
-extension chord
-recycled chicken coop door with hinges
-sledge hammer
-measuring tape
-recycled wood (2x4's and 1x4's)
-four recycled fence posts
-recycled chicken wire
-recycled roof
Also not shown in the pictures:
-wire cutters
-staples
-staple gun or staple hammer
-iron rod
-level
-chain saw or hand saw

Comments

[admin]

This is a great Instructable, but you need to add a main image of the final project to the intro step. Please do that and leave me a message when you have so that we can publish your work. Thanks!

[The Homestead Homeboy]

Very nice job! So many people like to over-complicate this kind of thing, but you have kept it good and simple. I was planning to build some chicken coops on the side of a hill and I bet this design would be good for that.

[clance]

I love how you have used recycled material in your chicken coop plans.  I did the same with mine and it is much sturdier than the prefab chicken coops that you can purchase.  I used a set of drawers for nesting boxes in mine and my girls love it!

[siki]

Well, this is something I can get my head around (no I've never constructed anything before). I would need to modify it to make solid walls as I am looking to make a small brooder/time out coop but thanks for taking the time to 'splain this. :-)

[troseph]

I based my chicken coop off this instructable. Particularly the salvaged 4x4 posts.

[warrockdude]

are those guini chicks?