The Original Chicken Coop

DIY Guide & Plans

A modern and secure coop with attached run for 8-12 chickens, built with comfort and convenience in mind. Includes custom nesting boxes, roosting bars, coop ramp, oversized doors and predator protection.

Detailed Plans & DIY Guide

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Ready to put an end to your coop overwhelm once and for all? We’ve considered all the important details so you can get off the forums and start building today. We'll guide you step-by-step in this downloadable guide so you can confidently create a predator-safe, ultra-comfortable, and visually pleasing home for your flock.

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A modern and minimalist coop that’s safe for your chickens and convenient for you.

  • Comfortably houses 8-12 chickens with a 42 sq ft coop & 105 sq ft covered run

  • Includes custom designed nesting boxes, roosting bars, and coop ramp for a happy flock

  • Equipped with oversized doors for convenient wheelbarrow access and easy clean up

  • Built with heavy-duty hardware cloth to keep your chickens safe and secure from predators

  • Estimated cost to build is $1175 USD and takes approximately 3-4 weekends

  • Complete tools & materials list so you can avoid multiple trips to the hardware store

  • Step-by-step assembly instructions with detailed illustrated plans

An outdoor wooden animal enclosure with wire mesh walls and a sloped roof, set among trees.
A man wearing a red beanie and light blue jacket reaching into a chicken coop or nesting box, with a chicken inside, surrounded by a wooden enclosure.
A nesting box with four eggs (one brown, one light blue, one white, and one grayish) in shredded wood bedding, with chicks emerging. 
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We’re Mike & Brittni

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We’re passionate about helping you build a slow and sustainable lifestyle, one epic project at a time. 

We're backyard homesteaders, parents, adventurers, and lovers of tackling a good building project. We truly believe you’re more capable and your space has more to offer than you think. We’ve been there, and we know that with an eagerness to learn and some guidance along the way that you can transform your seemingly small property into a thriving homestead.

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We’ve thought about all the details so you don’t have to. Get past your coop overwhelm once and for all with this DIY guide, complete with tools and materials list, step-by-step assembly instructions and illustrated plans so you can build with confidence.

A chicken coop surrounded by trees in a backyard, with chickens roaming freely outside.
Building plan for a small chicken coop and attached run, measuring 7 by 15 feet, designed for 8-12 chickens