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I bought a house that came with a chicken coop, so of course we are planning to get chickens now! Unfortunately the previous owner passed away, so we did not get to ask about the coop layout. I am trying to get a "vision" of what should go where. Outside of the Coop First, there is a swing...

Looking for some recommendations or advice on our chicken space. Our coop is 5.5x6 with an attached secure run that is 5.5x10 plus a triangle that is 6 feet long (the secure run and coop are retrofitted to our kids playhouse. We added a daytime run that is 15x12. We currently have 4 mature hens...

Hi! I designed my coop and had someone local build it. I didn't give a ton of info/direction on the roosts, other than I wanted to be able to remove them if needed. I've known all summer that my roosts weren't exactly "right." But haven't really figured out what I want to do to fix them...

So this is my current idea for my permanent coop. It will be an 8X10 gambrel with a storage shelf in over the roosts/back part of the isle for straw. The blue are bins my daughter wants to use as nest boxes. They are under the poop board. The green is a brooder/isolation area under the poop...

May or may not be an issue - but I am wondering if there is any concern about having the coop and run too close to a vegetable garden? Planning everything out for spring and trying to figure out where to put what. Ideally, I would like to put the coop and the garden in the same corner of the...