Chicken run plans

This building project started a month before our son was born, and was completed when he was two months old. I had no formal plans, just some simple sketches intended for efficient use of...

The HH is making progress on the chicken run! Since we didn’t have a blueprint for a run he is totally winging it based off a few pictures I showed him. The run will be 16 feet long and 12 feet of the run will have a matching cedar shake roof. We are hoping that Read More >>

If your hens are needing a bit of safe grazing and free ranging space to scratch and peck, check out this large collection of FREE chicken run building plans to DIY attach to your chicken coop:

Examines Pros and Cons of Ten Different Flooring Materials That Can Be Used In Your Chicken Run.

Part of my plans for the yard this year included adding flowers around the new chicken yard. I placed cinderblocks around both sides of the yard so I’d have a built in row of planting spots …

Chickens are a very Vashon thing. So many people here have their own flocks--I know of at least four flocks all within a rooster's crow of our house. We've been working on adding some play structures to our coop to keep our girls entertained.

So, you want to construct an 8×8 chicken coop plan Avoid worrying and take a moment to breathe and plan ... Read more

Just started 2 weeks or so ago, and I only have a series of photos to annotate at this point. I will continue to edit as I can! I didn't start with exact plans - I had a general plan in mind, similar to one my dad made in the 1980s when we got...

They're easier to build than you think.

The long axis is north to south. This photo is from the south looking north. I took it about 5pm as we were finishing up, so the shadows are from the...

A DIY chicken coop can be made out of all kinds of materials from an unused garden shed to pallets, learn what you need for backyard chickens in this article.

Build a run for your chicken coop! Free easy step by step tutorial from Ana-White.com

I used PVC pipe, free pallets, and zip ties along with some screws and brackets. We are building nesting boxes on part of the frame and a thick PVC chicken...

What's the most appropriate flooring to keep your run dry, safe and clean? Here are the pros and cons of ten possibilities.

I kept thinking how to sow on such tower next growing season, as the planting areas are vertical and small (no matter the chicken wire or hardware cloth)...

My journey in creating my chicken run. The best way to do that is by growing plants in your chicken run. Plants in your run can be beneficial as well as more aesthetically + aromatic pleasing.