There are so many options for how to build nesting boxes. Horse N Hound sells 5 gallon buckets that you could attach to the wall of your coop with bolts. You could use milk crates, old book shelves with plastic bins - there are many options. We decided to build ours. They took half an hour and were very simple to make. Materials needed: 1 1x12x8 piece of wood Wood screws 2 scrap pieces of wood about 2 feet long, 3 inches high Tools: Yard stick Circular saw Jigsaw Safety glass

After we built this lovely ramp, someone noted that we could have just used the coop door and made it into a ramp. Do what you want - hindsight is a blessing. :) Materials needed: Wood scraps from your coop Wood screws. Make sure they are not too long that they go through to the other side. Tools: Yard stick Gloves Circular saw Safety glasses Drill Pencil Tape measure Click here for step-by-step instructions #howto #chickens #chicks #chickencoop

There are a lot of great ideas for building your own chicken coop from the back of a car, to an enclosed coop with a garden area, from modern to traditional. This blog addresses the most basic coop. This is a Saturday project. Ours took about 8 hours, but we spent a lot of time working out the kinks and taking photos for this blog. If we could do it all over again, we would probably make a coop that you could stand up in. If you can stand up in it, you are more likely to keep