Now that you have decided you want to build a chicken coop before you get started you need to make sure that you have all the materials your gonna need. I cant tell you how many times I have had to sop in the middle of a project just to run to the hardware store. This is a very basic chicken coop so you wont need any complicated materials you probably have most of it laying around your house already.
5 long pieces of timber (for the coop frame).
11 short pieces of timber (for the frame and nesting sections).
Some chicken wire (to enclose the frame).
Some pieces of chipboard or plywood (to enclose the nesting section).
Some sawdust or straw (for the nesting area)
Nails, hinges, and other bits and pieces.
Step One. Once you have made sure you have everything you need its time to get to work. Take 9 of the shorter pieces of timber you have and some of your nails and nail them to be A shapes. Then once thats done take the other 2 pieces of wood and nail them so its a V shape.
Step Two. Now that your done with the shorter pieces lets work with the longer pieces of wood. Take the five pieces of wood line and nail them to the triangles so that their all lined up in a triangular prism. First nail the tops of the triangles together. Then the base and then nail the mid regions of the triangles. The order that you nail the 4 triangles in should be as follows. A_A__^_A
Step Three. Once you have your triangular prism its time to cover it up. Take your chicken wire and nail it to cover up what will be the run of your chicken coop. Thats the second longer half of the prism.
Step 4: Now you just have to get the nest area. First completely enclose it using chipboard and timber (no chicken wire). Set up the inside building a nesting box and maybe a roost depending on how much room you have. Then at the top of the chicken coop install a flap or a hinge so you can reach in and get the eggs.
Congratulations you now have finished your very own chicken coop. A chicken ark is usually only fit to hold about 3 to 4 chickens but you might have constructed yours a bit bigger. Make sure that the run of the chicken coop isn't covered up. Though this increases chances of predator attack it also allows your chickens to graze. A chicken ark is supposed to be portable which means you can pick it up and carry it around. Of course it might be to heavy at which point you can attach it to your truck with a chain and move it around that way.
5 long pieces of timber (for the coop frame).
11 short pieces of timber (for the frame and nesting sections).
Some chicken wire (to enclose the frame).
Some pieces of chipboard or plywood (to enclose the nesting section).
Some sawdust or straw (for the nesting area)
Nails, hinges, and other bits and pieces.
Step One. Once you have made sure you have everything you need its time to get to work. Take 9 of the shorter pieces of timber you have and some of your nails and nail them to be A shapes. Then once thats done take the other 2 pieces of wood and nail them so its a V shape.
Step Two. Now that your done with the shorter pieces lets work with the longer pieces of wood. Take the five pieces of wood line and nail them to the triangles so that their all lined up in a triangular prism. First nail the tops of the triangles together. Then the base and then nail the mid regions of the triangles. The order that you nail the 4 triangles in should be as follows. A_A__^_A
Step Three. Once you have your triangular prism its time to cover it up. Take your chicken wire and nail it to cover up what will be the run of your chicken coop. Thats the second longer half of the prism.
Step 4: Now you just have to get the nest area. First completely enclose it using chipboard and timber (no chicken wire). Set up the inside building a nesting box and maybe a roost depending on how much room you have. Then at the top of the chicken coop install a flap or a hinge so you can reach in and get the eggs.
Congratulations you now have finished your very own chicken coop. A chicken ark is usually only fit to hold about 3 to 4 chickens but you might have constructed yours a bit bigger. Make sure that the run of the chicken coop isn't covered up. Though this increases chances of predator attack it also allows your chickens to graze. A chicken ark is supposed to be portable which means you can pick it up and carry it around. Of course it might be to heavy at which point you can attach it to your truck with a chain and move it around that way.
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