Under deck chicken coop

I turned the big 4-0 last month and my husband made me something very special (which my husband tells me ordinary women would not even want)! Let me take you on a visual tour. This is at the back of my suburban homestead. I am standing right next to the coop. To the left of the coop is the run. For a year this was all the space the chickens had and I knew they needed more room. On top of the run is a new addition...it is my lettuce box. It provides shade for the chickens and protects them…

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Mike Graham thought his wife Nicole was joking seven years ago when she said she wanted to raise chickens. But not long after, Nicole brought home five chicks and, by herself, assembled a hot pink chicken coop in the backyard. It didn’t take long for Mike, Nicole and their 10-year-old daughter Haylie to all fall […]

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Detailed chicken coop plans for a large, walk-in backyard chicken coop. Easy to build and customize. Ideal for up to 16 hens.

I have a raised deck at my house, and thought to myself, I'll make this one big run! With 4x4 posts and California-style chain link fence around the perimeter of the bottom of the deck, we have made it completely enclosed. My chicks now have...

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A side view of the coop under our deck!