DIY Chicken Coop

Our new flock’s chicken coop is a re-purposed 7×2 galvanized steel shed, like this storage shed, that we had picked up for a real bargain 5+ years ago. We had been using it to store some things that could easily be rehomed and agreed this already built shed would make a quick solution for a chicken coop.

After relocating it, propping it up on some railroad ties to raise it off the ground and giving it a solid floor, we were ready to finish it up for the birds.
We erected a chain link dog run that we weren’t using around the coop, covered it with extra lattice that we had, and secured it with wire.
We added several  small windows around the top of the coop for ventilation by cutting out the window in the steel and securing wire mesh tightly to keep intruders out.

We hang the water and feeder from the ceiling to reduce the amount of sludge that gets kicked in them.

We plan to eventually get around to sprucing it up a bit, it does look like a prison, but it serves its purpose as a DIY chicken coop and it was no money out of pocket.