Here is our chicken coop. We bought it from a nice man that builds and sells them for $300 on Craigslist. He lives in Zanesville, Ohio. After looking at all of the coop kits for sale out there, we determined that these coops this man builds are FAR superior to anything costing up to twice as much. Here’s a picture from his ad.

This coop fits our six chickens perfectly. I wouldn’t try to put any more than that in it.

After we had it for a little bit, we modified it. All latches were changed out to the locking latch style to foil the busy fingers of raccoons. We also cut a window hole in the front to ad ventilation. It is covered in heavy mesh screening.  We also added an inside sliding door in the floor opening for further security. It was very easy- just cut a flat board the width of the opening and length of the coop. Inside the coop we added runners to keep the board from being pushed up and open from underneath. Works great, but gets a little sticky in the winter.

Speaking of winter, we also added a back roof and plastic around the bottom so they would have an “outdoor” space on the worst snowiest days. It worked perfectly! Wind free and no snow accumulation. Now that the sun is shining again, the chickens are using it for shade. The wood frame that the roof is attached to is just zip tied to the rest of the coop.

Here’s some pics of our mods….