Building Chicken Coops: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-224

This book is very helpful in giving ideas on how to build your own chicken coop. Read it thoroughly to get everything it offers to design your own.

No plans

First I would like to say that the information in this pamphlet is useful, and in and of it self is worth the price if you know WHAT YOUR GETTING... This is a word for word copy (and I do mean word for word) of the "Housing" section in "Storey's Guide To Raising Chickens" By Gail Damerow. The book is well worth the money for all the information (outside of this chicken coop section) in it. You can pick up the book between 10 and 15 dollars (and it's worth every penny). Most people I have talked with (and some of the reviews below) stated they just ended up buying the book. Next thing to consider is that this is not a chicken coop construction manual. There are really no plans in it (just ideas). If your looking for chicken coop designs with plans I would suggest "Poultry House Construction" By Michael Roberts. It has 8 or 9 coop PLANS with black and white photos to show you what it will look like. Mr. Roberts book also gives you nesting box plans, broody coops, and much more in under a hundred pages. I think the book was only $11.00 american dollars.In closing do buy "Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens" By Gail Damerow, and do buy "Poultry House Construction" By Micheal Roberts. I just can't in good faith tell you to buy this pamphlet given you will probably end up buying another book because the pamphlet really needs the rest of the book to be useful.

Good info.

This does NOT help you Build a Coop!!10 pages of explanations on water,feed weathering chicken house.I wanted a book on BUILDING A COOP!! Plans,Diamentions, very unhappy

A lot of verbage but a lot of information was missing if you are a novice. The writer seems to assume a level of knowledge that a lot of us that didn't grow up in the country don't have. More pictures and diagrams and plans would certainly be beneficial. I would never recommend this book as a first resource

very informative and loaded with information /facts that I will keep in the back of my mind once I get around to having the confidence to build my own coop. I was not expecting the book to provide me with detailed plans, so I had no expectations around that.I have found, in all the books on coops, that each author has their own experience and is sharing what they have learned with us. to expect it all to be found in one book is expecting a lot and not realistic - my opinion only. I pick and choose what I want to retain in each writing and form my own direction at some point. that is how I go about it!

I'm not interested in gimmicks, fads or detailed how tos as much as why, best practices, and generally useful information, which this book provides. If you want a "don't make me think" approach, where you don't get in depth knowledge, go find a "how to" book with detailed saw measurements and instructions. Or stick with the farmer's wisdom in this book. It made me confident I knew what I was doing and why, and my hens are happy campers.

I thought from the picture this was a larger book, its small, only 32 pages and showing very little of various designs which is what I was hoping for, if I'd known it was like this I would never have wasted my money on it. Having made tables, windows, doors and much more in the past I don't need instructions on how to do it and was only wanting some of the various designs. If anyone else is deciding to make a coop their-selves they'll learn very little from this and would be better choosing another book instead.

Disappointing. There are no plans for chicken houses just generalisations. A much better book for plans is Poultry House Construction by Michael Roberts part of the Gold Cockerel series of books.

I kept chickens for many years and my neighbours were telling me they too were going tobuild a chicken coop and rescue some ex bats. I bought them this book but unfortunatelythey didn't appreciate it and obviously didn't intend to have chickens at all! Shame

Really disappointed added little if anything to my very limited knowledge. I had been hoping for a few plans on chicken coops,Disappointed of Dorset.

Easy to follow