Playhouse to chicken coop

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…

i have a play house that looks like this and I want to convert it into a chicken coop for my chicks if any one has ideas please tell me thanks

Increasing numbers of homeowners are raising chickens in their backyards, and the creativity in chicken coop design is booming. From funky and playful to stately and classic, these chicken coop ideas will get your creative juices flowing.

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...

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…

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!

Chickens were very high on our list of what to have on our homestead so we really needed a chicken coop. As we were sitting on the back deck the other night trying to figure out how we were going t…

This coop is a converted playhouse. It is 4x5x5. One bantam buff brahma rooster and three silkies will be in this coop. The coop will be in a 10x13 by 7 feet tall run covered top, sides and apron with half inch hardware cloth.

before photo of wooden playhouse

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...

Converting the Playhouse Tower Into a Chicken Coop This is the old playhouse tower that we have to work with. Here is the bottom part converted. It took less than 2 days. 7-30-11...

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...

Chicken coop from old plastic playhouse. Also like using the fence as 2 sides of the run. #ChickenHouses

I am sharing how to build a Fabulous & Cheap DIY Chicken Coop & Run that your chickens & husband will LOVE. It looks super cute in the yard too :)

Simple DIY Chicken Coop. Take a look at how we built our chicken coop with what we had on hand. You can DIY a simple chicken coop too.

Hi, When we first got our chicks, we were thinking, "Hmm, what to do for a coop?" We certainly weren't going to buy one, we're more creative than that. Thinking of things to repurpose, we wished we had our old playhouse that the kids played in...