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Cooper’s Roost
Add to Favorites Photos and Story by Lacy Cooper Our Cooper’s Roost is built entirely from scratch by my husband, Greg Cooper, using spare rough-cut wood left over from renovating …
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Rustic Coop — Meschi Coop
Add to Favorites Zach and Alexis Meschi, along with their three young girls, have began their dream of best utilizing the countryside they live in. They live in Aptos, California, …
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Coop Inspiration 12/1 — The Coop de Ville
Add to Favorites By Scott and Angela Dye, Oregon Here are a few photos of a very unique chicken coop that my husband and I just completed. We retrofitted a …
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All Cooped Up, Again
Add to Favorites By Mark Hall, Ohio It was a mild November morning in the year 2011. The ground was littered with autumn leaves that crunched under my boots as …
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Winterizing Your Flock; Preparing Poultry for Winter
Add to Favorites With winter approaching we need to prepare for the extra cold and damp weather, the early dark nights and all the other dark sides to winter weather. …
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Chicken Coops Special Issue — The Playhouse Chicken Coop
Add to Favorites The Playhouse Chicken Coop Design by John, Elicia and John Austin Kirby Wanting to raise chickens but not wanting to raise a huge price tag on their …
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Chicken Coops Special Issue — Haunted Chicken Coop
Add to Favorites Haunted Chicken Coop Ann Lero, Kansas I built my own version of a coop I saw a picture of online. It was called a haunted coop. The …
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Chicken Coops Special Issue — Cozy Cottage
Add to Favorites Cozy Cottage Coop Cindy Waters, Wisconsin We set out to make a coop that was good enough for us to live in. If it’s good enough for …
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Chicken Coops Special Issue — Mobile Chicken Coop
Add to Favorites Mobile Chicken Coop Padraic McGuire and Brooke Snyder, Ashland, Oregon Description: We just completed a chicken coop that we thought you folks might get a kick out of. It is …
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Coop Inspiration 10/3: A Carport Coop
Add to Favorites By Jason Pugh, Texas — My family and I thought you might like our idea of repurposing something for a chicken coop — a carport. We had this 20-foot by …
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