Barn chicken coop ideas

Our cold climate chick coop tour showcases how thoughtful design, proper insulation, and other key features can keep your feathered friends warm and happy all winter long. Use our ideas to create a welcoming space for your hens, roosters, and chicks in any chilly climate. See our examples of insulated spaces and other features designed to keep our chickens comfortable during the winter.

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This little garden shed turned into our simple and sweet little red barn chicken coop. It has been such a perfect start to our chicken flock. We love to repurpose and reuse items as we go - check it out!

This customer from Janesville, WI has WOWED us with this shed transformation using our LOFTED BARN with an added WORKBENCH as a chicken coop for their farm. The customer installed a variety of customizations, including electrical wiring, an enclosed interior and exterior feeding cage and a chicken-door with a treated wood ramp. What a great way to keep the chickens safe from predators, warm during the winter and shaded during the blazing summer months.

Build your own chicken coop! This modern style chicken coop is narrow in footprint to fit most anywhere, and looks great in urban to country backyards. This chicken coop fits 2-4 chickens, and has a built in egg box and run. It's easy to clean and feed and water. The coop is fully covered to stay dry, with options for shade and sun. This is a free, diy chicken coop plan - complete with step by step diagrams, shopping and cut lists and build video from Ana-White.com

Take a tour of my new chicken coop from Horizon Structures and see how I customized it for my backyard flock.