I am completely obsessed with these black doors. The box tops lift for easy access for both cleaning and egg collecting. I also added these black T-hinges to the nesting box tops for a little added decorative flair. Both of them have these latches and pins for added security. We have two nesting boxes on either side of the coop with five nesting boxes each. I will eventually do more landscaping around the coop but for now, I’ve added herbs in the coop (rosemary and lavender) and lemongrass on the outside. You can find more on that in my Barbie Dream House Chicken Coop post. I’ve talked about why I use herbs in my laying boxes before. The partitions in the nesting boxes are removable to make them easier to clean and to also accommodate a community laying box should our hens prefer one. These will be easy (and cheap!) to change out should we need to. Roosts are most comfortable for mature chickens if they’re about 2″ in diameter. We used real branches to create roosts and a ladder. I’ve had it for over a decade waiting for the perfect way to make use of it. This old door came from my childhood home. You can access the coop from the storage side. I used a sealer on top to help make it easier to clean. It’s just plywood on top of subflooring with a homemade white stain. I use these galvanized storage containers to store their food and keep out pests. It’s so much easier having the food right here and easy at hand. But it’s also a space where I can come just to visit. It’s a practical space where I can store food and also where I can brood future chicks without having to keep them in our garage. I’ve always thought that the prettier something is, to begin with, the more motivated you are to clean it. If it’s not easy to keep clean you won’t keep it as clean as you need to.Īnd this one is pretty. Or to use a pressure washer through one of the nesting box windows. My last coop required me to crawl underneath it to clean. In addition to the coop and run, I also wanted a storage section so that I could keep my chicken keeping supplies with my chickens instead of in the garage. A TON! But I am so proud of how it turned out. You guys, I’m telling you, this was a ton of hard work.
In case you missed any of the details, here’s Part 1: The Plan, Part 2: Framing It Out, and Part 3: Finishing Touches. Please see my disclosure policy for more information. But here we are all finished up and my baby chicks, who aren’t babies at all anymore, have a gorgeous new home. In that time, we’ve finished up the school year, unexpectedly buried two pets, suffered a death in the family, worked for weeks in the rain and then through sub-tropical storm Alberto. If you had told me back in March that in six short weekends we’d have completed the fancy farmhouse DIY chicken coop, I’d have called you crazy.
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