You Need These DIY Chicken Coops in Your Backyard (2024)

Built by her grandpa in 1964, Mel Ridley’s childhood playhouse is now the happy home to Lou and her other feathered friends.

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Chloe Mackintosh (@boxwoodavenue) and her dad designed and built her small cottage-style coop that's home to her eight hens.

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Author and self-titled chixologist, Kate Richards utilized every inch of her small Los Angeles backyard for her bright and colorful 5'-by-12' stacked chicken coop and run.

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Measuring 29 sq. ft., our charming 4'4"-by-7' Country Living Anniversary Chicken Coop features louvered gable vents, two roosting dowels, and a hinged roof on the nesting boxes.

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Thanks to a saved stash of architectural salvage, what started as a simple chicken coop quickly grew into a “fit for an antiques dealer” home for Amy Whyte’s flock.

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A pretty blue upcycled door is one of many salvaged elements Jess Parker incorporated into her "Mint Homestead" chicken coop. The interior is planked with old barn wood, the roof is reclaimed corrugated metal, and an old shipping pallet is now a welcoming porch. For an added vintage accent, she topped the door with a vintage awning she found at an estate sale.

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This Cape Cod-inspired structure belonging to photo stylist Heather Bullard (@heatherbullard) is prettier than most human dwellings! You can build Heather's "Chez Poulet" for your own chickens using stock building materials and hardware from the home improvement store.

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A dark stain elevates the wood planks of Karen Bertelsen's stylish chicken coop, while elongated door handles and house-worthy sconces deliver even more high style. But she also made sure the function matched the style with lots of components such as an exterior nesting box (which the chickens have access to from inside the coop) and tucked away storage components. To keep her coop predator proof, Karen installed Rare Earth Magnets on all the doors.

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A standing seam metal roof and board-and-batten shutters (not to mention the shiplap walls inside!) bring tons of farmhouse detailing to Caroline Scott’s enviable chicken coop.

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Matthew & Alysha Sneed looked to a farmhouse they spotted in Country Living for inspiration for their cozy chicken coop that is complete with windows and a front door. Using scrap wood and windows and a door from a second-hand store kept costs down.

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Deep in the heart of Texas, this dream-worthy large chicken coop—with more than 900 square feet of run space—keeps Erin Schaefgen’s 50-plus chickens in scratching bliss.

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Antiques dealer Christi Wilson (@thebrownshed) designed a pretty backyard coop that both complements her own farmhouse and provides function with easy cleaning. The 8'-by-12' structure (with an attached enclosed run of the same size) is divided with the front area providing space for feed and supplies and the back area housing the nesting boxes and roost. Its roomy walk-in design is ideal for six to nine chickens.

See more and buy the plans at The Brown Shed.

Kristi Reed picked a rustic cabin-style chicken coop to make her chickens feel at home on her Montana ranch. Natural wood siding, iron strap hardware, and a corrugated metal roof add rustic detailing that blends with the wide-open landscape.

See more at Windy Peak Vintage.