This is our primary chicken coop and the only one we currently have in use. It consists of a shed (about 8x10) with wood walls and floor and a corrogated metal roof. The east wall has a window screened with hardware cloth. In the winter we board this window up to keep out drafts. The shed door has a smaller chicken-entrance cut in the bottom so the chickens can still come and go while the main door is closed. Attached to the west wall (the one with the door) is a framework (about 8x12) built out of 2x3" lumber and covered with one inch chicken wire on the sides and top. (We wanted the top covered to protect our girls from hawks.) The door to the enclosure is a standard aluminum screen door which we picked up at our local ReStore. (This let us get a door we needed super-cheap while helping out some less fortunate folks. A win-win kind of deal.)
Note the raised beds along the sides of the enclosure. Above the raised beds we have re-used metal bedsprings and wooden bedframes for use as trellises. Had you been here in the spring you would have seen the Morning Glories and Sunflowers.
If you look close you can see the water containers inside. They are one gallon each and we have six inside for 14 chickens. The containers are elevated on cement blocks and seem to get less dirty this way.
You can also make out our hanging chicken-feeders. These hang high enough to make it easy for the chickens to eat and they hardly get dirty at all. Sometime soon we'll show you how to make all you want out of discarded materials.
Inside the shed are more feeders and waterers along with nesting boxes made from FBSOR (Found By Side of Road) shelving units.
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