The time to bust out the power tools has come to Iliad Farms again. Our flock of Bantam’s has grown a little to big for everyone to get along so it’s time for a split! We have built a few coops since getting started, and we have a fairly good idea of the features we like, sizing, and what the chickens actually like. We used to struggle with trying to get everything perfect for the chickens, looking up exact measurements for how big to make the doors, exactly how big to make the nesting boxes, and how high off the ground the coop should be. Now that we have been at this for a while we have realized that as long as it is dry and safe the chickens are happy. We now focus on making coops that are easy to access, collect eggs from, and clean.

We did not use any official plans for this build, after figuring out roughly how large we wanted it it was time to get down to action. First step is to make a big-box frame with 2X4’s. The most important part in this step is to make sure everything lines up correctly and all joints are square. Ignore the mess in the garage, I (Travis) have free reign in there so it gets a little disorganized some(at all)times.