On Dinosaurs and Robots, our very own Mark Frauenfelder (MAKE Editor-in-Chief) has been documenting his backyard chicken coop build.
Building a Chicken Coop, Part 1
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Couldn’t help but notice his neighbors house in the background. Guess they don’t mind waking up at the crack of dawn every day?
Make sure your chicken wire is tacked down really well.
Even in suburban L.A., there are probably raccoons, coyotes, and who knows what that will try to break in.
Are you going to put up a little fenced-off run for the hens?
I hope you put in two doors. Everyone knows a chicken coupe has two doors.
Of course, you could put in 4 doors, but then it would be a chicken sedan!
Uh-oh. You think kids get attached to Pleo, wait until they bond to the chickens. You aren’t planning on actually eating them, are you?