Kids play house turned chicken coop

First we want to thank everyone who has posted their stories of building their own coops and how they upgraded existing ones, we couldn't have completed ours without your help. To save money and the desire to have an attractive new chicken coop...

Not everybody wants to splurge money on a chicken coop. Why should you if you can turn an old playhouse into a suitable shelter for your chooks? Check out this article and learn how!

Having converted an old dog house to a coop about a year ago, I wanted to expand our small urban flock to 3 or 4 instead of the 2 we have now. My first...

The Chicken Ranch A Playskool Coop A couple years ago I decided that I wanted to start raising a few chickens in our small town backyard. So, I started to reseach coop design and poultry husbandry and knew that I wanted to get started right...

Our chickens have been growing like weeds fast-growing chickens. Over the last month, Hazel went from this to this earning her the nickname “Big Mama”. And Penelope has been promoted from sitting on Tyson’s shoulder to riding around on his head. In the meantime, Tim has fast and furiously been working on a chicken coop for them to live in. I looked at all kinds of ready-made chicken coops and different plans/designs beforehand. The possibilities are endless and even overwhelming when it…

This is the sixth coop featured in my cool coop design series. I love the idea of upcycling what might have been destined for the landfill and using salvaged materials. Playhouses are ubiquitous an…

First we want to thank everyone who has posted their stories of building their own coops and how they upgraded existing ones, we couldn't have completed ours without your help. To save money and the desire to have an attractive new chicken coop...

Kids playhouse modifued into a chicken coop. House bought at Wal-Mart

Chicken Coop From a Playhouse: Unless you have the same exact swingset that we did, this Instructable will only give you an idea of what I did to transform my playhouse into a coop. Obviously you're not going to end up with the same end product as me, but hopefully some of what I…