In Part 2 of Housing your Chickens series I showed some of my favorite already assembled or some assembly required portable chicken coops.

In this part of Housing Chicken Series I am going to list some really great Free DIY chicken coop plans, tutorials and designs that a person can do on their own.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Before you begin to design or establish your coop it is best to check out any city ordinances that govern keeping poultry in your area.

There may be required licenses and or permits to build or house backyard structures such as coops and or runs.

There may also be regulations as to where you can build and or house these structures.

As you do not want to be fined or risk the chance of being prosecuted this is a very important process/step in owning and housing chickens.

This is the very first step to take once a person has decided they want to give owning poultry a go.

RULES OF THUMB

Coop must be built to any ordinance or regulatory requirement governing your area.
It must have at least 4-square foot per chicken in the coop.
The coop should be lifted at least 2 – 3 feet off the ground.
Make sure you use a good material for the run and coop.
Ensure roosting/laying boxes are at least 3 – 4 inches deep.
Make sure roosting polls are thick and sturdy enough for the birds.
Completely enclosed runs are safer for the chickens.
Both the run and coop should be properly ventilated and insulated.
There must always be a good patch of loose dirt or sand for a dust bath.
Use lining for the coop and run such as wood chips, shredded paper and loose straw.
Kit the coop out with the correct drinking, feeding and perching equipment.

QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROS AND CONS OF BUILDING YOUR OWN COOP/RUN

Pros:

You get to chose and maybe even modify a design to suit your needs
You get to choose the materials to build with and accessories
If you are crafty enough you can customize and optimize the build for maximum security, minimum maintenance.
You get to size the chicken coop and or run to your own specification where possible.

Cons:

It takes a lot of time and effort to build a coop
You have to have some skill in order to ensure the comfort and safety of the chickens
Materials can be just as expensive if not more so than an already made one
Some designs are a lot harder than they first seem

TIPS ON DECIDING WHERE TO POSITION THE COOP

Have shelter from the wind and sun

Even a temporary coop will need some planning as wherever you place the temporary coop for a day or two must be sheltered from the elements.
Shade from the sun and shelter from the wind

Must not be in or near a water runoff

It is best to keep the structure away from any water run-offs on or near the property
As chickens tend to dig they do make sand and wet sand equals mud.
The wet and damp alone are causes of various disease in chickens especially those with feathered feet.
Mud is just as bad and can actually cause some clogging if the chicken’s vent gets caked in mud and the feathers surrounding it gets matted.

Must have enough air flow through the coop

It must be positioned where it is going to some nice ventilation through the coop as good air-flow in the coop is extremely important. Healthy chickens need good ventilation in their coops.
As they tend to give off a lot of moisture breathing.

DIY COOP DESIGNS

So, buying a readymade coop can be a lot faster but you are restricted to the design of the makers of that brand.
Some coops you can only use that brand’s products in too as other accessories may not fit the coop.
You are restricted right down to what the coop is made of, the locks you can use and even sometimes the bedding to be used inside the ready-made coop just not to damage it.
Let’s face it they are quite pricey, so you really do not want to do anything that will indirect void any warranty you may have on the already made coop. So, you have to stick to all the rules that come with it.

With a DIY coop, however, although there are recommend material to use, they are just that recommended. The choice is really yours and what you can afford and or feel comfortable with.
Once you have your own self-built coop you are not limited to the products recommended to a certain coop brand name.

There are many sites that have some really great designs, helpful material hint and some excellent products on. I have listed some of the sites I frequent in the Useful Links section at the end of this article.

45 FREE DIY CHICKEN COOP PLANS, TUTORIALS AND DESIGNS

How to Build a Modern Chicken Coop

Website: Building Strong
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: It is not portable/moveable
Chickens: Up to 4 to 8 standard sized chickens
Review: A nice sleek and elegant design for a Homestead or those with a larger back garden.
The instructions are easy to follow, and all the materials and tools required are listed on the page.

Hennebunkport Coop Design

Website: Backyard Chickens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: It is not a chicken coop tractor
Chickens: Up to 3 to 4 standard sized chickens
Review: Pretty Chicken coop design with well laid out plans, materials and equipment.
It does not look that hard to put together and I look the nesting box area design and use of trees branches for the roosting rails.
I think it would make a great coop for the larger gardens to homestead.
I also like that the coop is easily accessible inside.

How to Build a Chicken Coop for Less than $50

Website: Live Simply
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: It is not meant to be portable
Chickens: Up to 3 to standard sized chickens
Review: Very innovative use of re-using existing furniture such as two single bed wood bed frames, etc. as used in the making of this really cute hen house.
The design is really neat, simple and yet quite elegant that would be great in garden

Building a bigger better chicken coop & run on the farm

Website: YouTube Channel – Tenn Hens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: It is a permanent coop
Movability: It cannot be moved
Chickens: Up to 30 standard sized chickens
Review: This is a great YouTube tutorial. The makers of the video obviously had a lot of fun building their coop.
They have some great ideas and take you through all the items they have used to build the coop.

Geodesic dome chicken coop

Website: Anthony liekens.net
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 3 standard sized chickens
Review: This another truly unique design.
It looks like a hen house igloo. It does look like it would need some more ventilation and maybe a mesh door to close the coop.
But the idea is truly original, and I would build a nice round or Geodesic dome type run around it that was completely covered for the chicken’s safety. It is so cute for a bigger flock you could have few of them in the run may be connected by wire mesh tunnels. They would somehow give good ventilation whilst not letting in any rain, etc. I think the tunnels across to the igloos would also give the chickens something interesting to do.
I would also pain them ice white and the mesh tunnels keep them silver as would the mesh for the run be.
It could be a little igloo themed coop!

DIY Chicken Tunnel Part 1

Website: Goods Home Design
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Dependent on the size and height of the tunnel. Also dependent on the size of the chicken coop as to chicken capacity.
Review: This is one of the best ideas I have seen to allow chickens to roam around the garden.
It also protects your plants from being scratched to bits.
There are so many modifications you could do to this. It could twist and turn around the garden and could maybe be made so you could move it around too.
I would make it a bit wider and higher if space permitted so the chickens were not too squashed in and had free space to stretch their legs and stand upright too.
It does not look like it would be too hard to modify the coop or existing run.
You could perhaps put a sort of pet door type opening onto the one side of the coop, so the chickens had the option to go out of the door to the run or out of the smaller one into the tunnel run.
The tunnel could be triangle shaped or even square to give them more height.

An Old-Style Saloon/Hotel Coop – The Eggcelsior

Website: Backyard Chickens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 6 standard sized chickens
Review: Keeping with the Old-style themes and as I had an old steam train the next stop is an old-style saloon/hotel themed coop.
Once again, the builders have gone into the attention to detail right down to the tiny chalkboard staying the room and board.
I can picture an entire wild-west themed duck and chicken housing if I had space for it.
The wire-meshed windows give for great ventilation. There is a large door at the back for access to maintain and clean the coop. With large easy egg collection boxes on the side.
There are tiny little drapes on the windows and a very cute porch on the front making it an authentic saloon style hen house.
Got to say this is definitely one of my favorites as I do love the old west theme.

The Old West Rooster Cogburn Red Lobster Pallet coop

Website: Backyard Chickens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 6 standard sized chickens
Review: This another wild west design made from recycled pallets and other materials that are being recycled.
The way the flooring is done makes the coop seem really easy to clean.
The design itself is not too complicated and once again the attention to detail in the finishes of this coop is really amazing.
I would honestly not be able to choose s wild west favorite.
This coop even has cowboy pictures on the wall and little brush. It is adorable. I do thing the Stovepipe feeder was a really good idea.

The Palace Chicken Coop

Website: Steamy Kitchen
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: This is a permanent chicken coop
Chickens: Up to 3 to 4 standard sized chickens
Review: This really is a permanent chicken coop as it has a solid foundation and really sturdily built wooden frame and prime chicken type mesh.
This coop with keep the chicken happy, warm, well insulated, well ventilated and safe from predators.
The plan and design are well done, and the instructions are not too difficult to follow.

Shed Chicken Coop & Shed Chicken Coop Run

Website: Ana White
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: This is a permanent coop
Chickens: Up to 3 to 4 standard sized chickens
Review: Ana White designs this coop to be one that maximizes space and minimizes chicken scraps!
This is really a very cute shed type chicken coop and the plans/cost are not too be and quite well put together.
There is two parts to this DIY plan the “Shed Chicken Coop” and the “Shed Chicken Coop run” as listed above as the heading for this section.

DIY: Small Backyard Chicken Coop

Website: Simply Easy DIY
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: It should be quite easy to move with some help
Chickens: Up to 2 standard sized chickens
Review: This is a really neat small coop that would suit and blend in to any sized garden that has a bit of space for the chicken coop.
This plan comes with both video instructions and written instructions below the Part 1 AND Part 2 of the instructional video.
It is simple and really sweet a good idea for those with a two-bird flock and minimal space.

Building a Chicken Coop

Website: YouTube Channel – April Wilkerson DIY Part 1 and Part 2
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: It is a permanent coop
Movability: It cannot be moved
Chickens: Up to 30 standard sized chickens
Review: April Wilkerson has some really great DIY videos on YouTube. This chicken coop she makes she takes you through the design and building of the coop with narration all the way through.
She makes building a large permanent chicken coop on your own look really easy.

Cottage Chicken Coop

Website: Backyard Chickens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: Yes
Movability: It Should be fairly light and easy to move as it has robust wheels and a cute handle to lift and move it with
Chickens: Up to 2 standard sized chickens
Review: A very cute little chicken cottage coop. It is would look really good in any back garden. It is small and compact perfect for the smaller backyard.
Plus, it is designed as a mobile coop, so it can be moved and positioned in new sections of the garden when required.

A Modular “Ikea Style” Coop for an Urban Backyard

Website: Backyard Chickens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: It looks as if it could be moved if need to but would take more than one person to move it
Chickens: Up to 3 standard sized chickens
Review: This is a really nice modern looking chicken coop and really perfect for the urban backyard as the name suggests.
It’s clean elegant lines and well put together structure make is a coop that would blend and in be a lovely feature.

Norwegian Style Chicken Coop

Website: Backyard Chickens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: This is a permanent chicken coop
Chickens: Up to 8 to 10 standard sized chickens
Review: This chicken coop would suit a very large or rather a farm or homestead environment.
It is designed as a shed with an extra-large chicken run on it. This is really a great design for a penned -range chicken coop. It gives the chicken a lot of room to roam about in whilst keep safe and close to their coop.

How to Build a Chicken Coop

Website: Howcast
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: It is a permanent coop
Movability: It cannot be moved
Chickens: Up to 4 standard sized chickens
Review: Howcast have a lot of useful videos that you can link to from their website listed above.
This YouTube video takes you through each process step by step and they also have the steps written in the Information comments written below the YouTube video.

Miss Biddy’s Cattle Panel Hoop Coop

Website: Backyard Chickens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: Yes
Movability: This coop is designed with skids, so it can be dragged or pulled into position
Chickens: Up to 3 to 4 standard sized chickens
Review: This is a well-designed coop that has skids so you could push or pull it into position so the chickens do not destroy one patch of grass in their run.
Well thought out and put together it has a very “green” look to it.

Small Chicken Coop with Planter, Clean Out Tray and Nesting Box

Website: Ana White
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: It is more of a permanent coop that probably could be moved with some help
Chickens: Up to 2 standard sized chickens
Review: The designs on Ann White’s website are all cheerful and bright.
Like this sweet little coop with a small bottom run and planter next to the house.
The coop is designed in an old prairie church style and is very space efficient and functional.

Building a Chicken Coop

Website: YouTube Channel – Anne of All Trades Part 1 and Part 2

Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: It is a permanent coop
Movability: It cannot be moved
Chickens: About 4 to 10 standard sized chickens
Review: This is a great video Anne of All trades is energetic and does a great job explaining the process throughout the video. It is in two parts so make sure you continue on to part two to complete it.
She also has some great ideas on coop ventilation, gutters, nests, etc.
As well as water runoffs for collecting of rain water for the chickens and is a great green idea.

4×4 Chicken Coop from Construct 101

Website: Construct 101
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 3 standard sized chickens
Review: This little-raised chicken coop with a safe functional chicken run is a good option for people who live in an urban area.
Keep in mind though before you go to build it that these are permanent structures and a lot of areas may need a person to have a permit to build them in the garden.
This really cute little cottage style chicken coop has easy access to the nesting boxes. Nice size door at a decent high to access the chicken coop for easy maintenance and access to the chickens.
It has a decent sized run that is secure enough to safely let the birds wander around the run.

4×8 Chicken Coop from Construct 101

Website: Construct 101
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 4 standard sized chickens
Review: This little chicken coop is another great design by Construct 101.
A little cowshed style coop complete with a weathercock on top of it.
The run is beneath the coop giving the chickens place to wander around in the fresh air and have shelter from the sun, rain and snow.
There is easy side access to the nesting boxes as well as into the coop itself with it decent sized doors.
This coop is a cross between a closed coop and an open-side coop in that it has a nice large mesh door on one side of the coop and a closed in one on the other.
All Construct 101 plans are easy to follow and come with a complete shopping list of supplies a person will need to build the coop.
The best part is you can download the PDF plans for free!

A Unique Choo Choo Coop

Website: Community Chickens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: Yes
Movability: Difficult needs at least two persons to move it
Chickens: Up to 10 standard sized chickens
Review: A really unique design your chickens get to live in a design that resembles an old steam train.
This design was made out of a lot of recycled equipment like an old swing set, recycled cat litter boxes for the nesting boxes mixed in with some new materials that were required.
It has some really cool solid wheels that make it look pretty much like a huge toy train.
It has easy access to the nesting boxes and coop to clean, etc. Plus, the run is fully enclosed with a great roofed in section to protect them from the elements.
This coop would look really good in a larger sized garden and will delight any child. Even encourage them to want to participate in helping with the care and maintenance of the chickens in such a cool coop.

Build It | How to Build a Chicken Coop

Website: YouTube Channel – This Old House
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: It is a permanent coop
Movability: It cannot be moved
Chickens: About 4 to 10 standard sized chickens
Review: I love the “This Old House” DIY videos as it is like watching a home improvement program but with all the design and step by step instructions as the video goes along.
It is also well filmed and narrated this is one of my favorite channels right now as I am learning DIY.

A Recycled Pallet Chicken Coop

Website: Attainable Sustainable
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 8 standard sized chickens
Review: Pallets are one of the most useful reusable items around. I have turned a few of them into really sturdy toyboxes for my son. The best thing about them is I could use them as a bench for the kids to sit on while they watched TV in the playroom too.
I was really excited when I can across this Pallet chicken coop.
I think this is a really awesome idea and really easy to do.
There is a lot of potential here and loads of other designs one could use working with pallets.
I would think about covering in any grooves with a non-toxic filler if you use it to build the coop though. Wood is a great lure for mites and any notches or grooves need to be filled in.

The Egg Plant Coop

Website: Backyard Chickens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 6 to 12 standard sized chickens
Review: This is a really great functional large coop.
They have really put a lot of work in it right down to some lavish details. I do like the way the coop is built into the run like a house surrounded by really high walls.
There is a lot of good ventilation here and the coop reminds me of a mini gazebo style coop.
The chickens have ample space to move around inside. It is well ventilated and big enough for a person to move around inside making collecting eggs and maintenance really easy.
It is very beautiful and once again I love the attention to detail some people put into their coops. It is much nicer to make a coop as a feature in your backyard although functional works too. It depends entirely on choice and in some cases the neighborhood.

Construct 101 8 x 10 Chicken Coop

Website: Construct 101
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 8 to 12 standard sized chickens
Review: Construct 101 is a really great site and is a place any person wanting to start or already does DIY should visit.
They have loads of really great DIY plans include a few really good, sturdy and functional chicken coops.
Like this large DIY chicken coop. It is almost like a barn with its multistory chicken coop and run all built into one.
It is a very safe and solid structure.
If you have space and a rather large flock but not too much room for them to free range about in this is a design, you should be looking at.
I love the open feel of this coop and adore the gable style roof. I think every chicken coop needs a gable style room!
It is designed to give a person ample room to move around the run in and easy access to the coop through the run and at the back-nesting boxes for quick collection of the eggs.

Chicken Coop | Red Hot Building

Website: YouTube Channel – Rated Red
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: It is a permanent coop
Movability: It cannot be moved
Chickens: About 4 standard sized chickens
Review: Amanda Metz takes you step by step through building a chicken coop. She makes building a chicken coop look cool and sexy.
The instructions are upbeat and very informative.

The Converted Shed Coop

Website: Simple Living Country Gal
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 8 standard sized chickens
Review: I do like innovative ways to reuse/repurpose items rather than bash them down or just throw them out.
I do hate hording and in fact, my kid will tell you I am forever minimizing items in the garden and the house.
That is why I tend to list these coop ideas so much because I love how people have thought up ways to cut down the cost of building a coop and repurposing their unused items.
In this case, it is a rather big shed! There is so much potential here with an idea. I would start by totally weatherproofing the floor of the shed and putting a double story in for the hens. Making a nice few ramps they can walk up.
It gives them more space and some interesting twists and turns to keep them occupied in their house.

A Mini Portable Chicken Coop

Website: Mother Earth News
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: Yes
Movability: Easily moved
Chickens: Up to 3 to 4 standard sized chickens
Review: I do love the idea of a portable coop and this one is great for a temporary coop design.
It is functional and will serve well for the broody coop, medical coop and or the isolation coop. It will even fair nicely as the nursery coop.
I like the way they have simplified the design and broken down what it is you will need.
This should not cost you more than $100 if you stick to the plans. Of course, you can modify it to suit your need.
It is also a really nice sturdy simple design for the small urban back garden.

The Sweet South Swanky Coop

Website: Sweet South Cottage and Farm
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 12 to 14 standard sized chickens
Review: There are some who really do love their chickens. This coop is proof of that.
In fact, I am thinking I want to go live in there myself.
The coop even has an outside tractor feature complete with potted plants.
Inside the coop, the chickens have some nice fancy swag complete with candelabra chandeliers.
This is a truly magnificent coop. Not everyone can do it, but it is just another idea of what to do with space or structure that is not being used.
It is also a really good publicity stunt to sell eggs, chicks and table birds.
A great idea if you have the time, money, space and infrastructure.
I am sure you could even take an old shed or small barn to do something similar with.

How to Build House for the Hens (Using mostly recycled materials)

Website: YouTube Channel – Sandoors Short Films
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: It is a permanent coop
Movability: It cannot be moved
Chickens: About 4 to 10 standard sized chickens
Review: There is no narration in this video, but it shows you how the coop is built and the frog helper.
The materials, cost, etc. are listed below the video, It is a great simple coop to build.

Little Red Barn Chicken Coop

Website: HGTV
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 6 standard sized chickens
Review: Anyone who has read Part 2 of my Housing Chicken Series will know by now that I love the traditional little barn type chicken coop.
To me when I think of chickens I think of them in their little chicken barn.
This little red barn coop design comes complete with a downloadable PDF with step-by-step instructions, including the materials you will need to get the job done.
They also include some modifications one can add to change the style a bit or if you no longer want a chicken coop. They show you how to convert it into a little back garden shed.

Light Weight easy to build chicken tractor

Website: Fresh Eggs Daily
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: Yes
Movability: Lightweight and easy to move
Chickens: Up to 4 standard sized chickens
Review: This is a very simple and basic chicken coop. Great for first-time chicken owners and is not that expensive to build.
The material it is built from keeps the chickens well insulated, ventilated and safe. It also allows for easy movability around the garden, so your chickens can get fresh patches of grass to peck around on. It also saves your grass from becoming barren in one place with a permanent coop.
It is also a great idea for a secondary coop to isolate new, sick and or broody hens in.
If you wanted to add some more security to the run to stop animals from burrowing in, you could add a wire mesh curtain to the base which could be pegged into the ground much like that of anchoring a tent to the ground.
It is also very easy to make for those that are a bit DIY challenged.
The overall result is aesthetically pleasing and would like great in any Urban homesteaders back garden.

How to Build a Chicken Tractor – Natural Farming with The Growing Club

Website: YouTube Channel – The Growing Club
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: Yes
Movability: It is not too hard to move
Chickens: About 4 standard sized chickens
Review: I love Chicken Coop Tractors and for the smaller flock of chickens they are really a good idea especially if you do not have a lot of space to free-range your chickens.
The Growing Club are really cool and have some good green ideas.

The Repurposed Baby Crib Coop

Website: Weed em & Reap
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: Yes, it can be if wheels are fitted to the crib legs
Movability: It Should be fairly light and easy to move
Chickens: Up to 3 to 4standard sized chickens
Review: This is a great idea and there is a lot you could potentially add to it.
It would make a really great open-air coop and it is easily moved into a barn for more shelter.
I would add a simple lockable pet door to the coop entrance.
You could also make a run that could attach to it to give you chickens added security.
I think this is a wonderful idea and has loads of potential.

The Chicken Ranch

Website: Backyard Chickens
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 3 to 5 standard sized chickens
Review: I think this is such a sweet design. It also allows a person to use up those old playsets that the kids no longer use.
It is a very inspiring design. For people with kids, there are so many of their toy sets that instead of junking one could utilize for great designs for their coops.
The only to keep in mind is to check first to ensure that the sets have no components that may be toxic to the chickens.
But I do really like this design I think it is quite well throughout

How to Build 2 Chicken Tractors in 4 hours for under 100 dollars

Website: YouTube Channel – Living Traditions Homestead
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: Yes
Movability: It is quite easy to move
Chickens: About 4 standard sized chickens
Review: Living Traditions Homestead is a channel that is very inspiring for the new or people thinking of leaving the executive lifestyle to live large and become self-sustaining.
A good quick idea that does not cost the earth to build.

The Urban Chicken Coop

Website: The Tangled Nest
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 4 standard sized chickens
Review: This design is not too hard and is built from scratch with some prime materials.
This family built this chicken coop inside a fully enclosed run.
I like how they have raised the coop and utilized the bottoms of the coop with extra wire mesh as well. To get to the bottom of the house the chickens have to go through the main coop. This gives the chickens lots of added security and an extra layer of space inside the hen’s house and covers from the elements.
The design has a retro-modern look to it and can be done in 5 days or so.

Chicken Cabinet Coop

Website: Inhabitat
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Up to 3 standard sized chickens
Review: This one has my imagination going as there are so many possibilities here.
A truly inspired idea especially for the urban homesteader.
There are many ways to modify this to make it into an even more functional coop.
A person could even include a small run for the chickens.

Old trampoline chicken coops and run

Website: The Owner-Builder Network
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Depends on the frame size of the trampoline and or the coop size
Review: The Trampoline can make a great half-moon coop, round coup with a run.
A person can even build the coop into the trampoline or around the trampoline as they make really good round coop runs that are well covered.
This site has quite a few ideas that I think are really clever and easy to do.
There is step by step plans for a few of them.
For a cheaper alternative and to repurpose old equipment this is a truly great idea.

Building an easy chicken coop

Website: My Outdoor Plans
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Depends on the plan chosen on this site
Review: This site has some really simple, functional and basic step-by-step chicken coop and run DIY plans.
These are really great for first-time chicken owners and DIY Novices that have been itching to try building a chicken coop.
If you want to take that first step in building your own chicken coop I can recommend starting with some of the plans on this site.

PVC Chicken coop

Website: PVC Plans
Plan Price: Free
Mobile Coop: No
Movability: N/A
Chickens: Depends on the plan chosen on this site
Review: PVC Plans has some PVC material designs with their take on some old classics. They also have their own designs.
They come in different difficulty levels too, so it is easy for you to choose which plan best suit your back garden and DIY skills
I also like some of these designs for temporary coops as they are easy to move and maintain.
Each design comes with a materials list and nicely drawn step-by-step instructions that seem to be clear and easy enough to follow.

END OF PART 3

This is the end of Part 3 of our Housing chickens’ series.
In Part 4 of our Housing Chickens series, we look at 80+ BEST CHICKEN COOPS AND OR RUNS TO BUY. Some of these designs will come delivered fully assembled other will require part or full assembly.

For more information on chicken coops read Part 1 THE INS AND OUT OF THE CHICKEN COOP
and Part 2 10 BEST TRACTOR COOP AND RUNS TO BUY
of our Housing Chickens series.