Welcome Articles Home Free Chicken Coop Plans Chicken Coop Ideas Mobile Chicken Coops Raising Chickens Build a Chicken Coop Chicken Coops Chicken Coop Plans 4 Chicken Coop Questions Why Chicken Coups? Chicken Coop Ideas Chicken Houses Chicken Pens Chicken Runs Mobile Chicken Coops Mobile Chicken Coop Plans Raising Chickens Bird Flu Tips   "What Kind of Chicken Coop Plan Is Best For YOU?" We've been raising our own chickens at home for years now, in our own chicken coops, with chicken coop plans that we designed ourselves. And some of my friends couldn't understand why I got so crazy about my feathered girls. They wondered why we put all the hard work into building and protecting our chickens. And, to be honest, most of them couldn't understand why we did it, so it was just easier for us to keep our hobby to ourselves, right? Me and My Girl - Arrow Well, not anymore. Times have changed. Now everyone knows why we raise our own chicken flock: You can feed them from dozens of CHEAP left over kitchen scraps and other foods. They provide AWESOME organic compost for your garden. They give your family amazingly healthy, tasty, home-grown foods for cheap. You can raise them with NO nasty chemicals, hormones, or pesticides. Grocery store costs are as high as backyard raised egg costs now. (and if that's not enough right there...) All that alone makes building your own chicken coop a no brainer, right? All my friends stopped asking me why, and instead started asking ... How can I build a chicken coop myself? Where can I find a chicken coop plan like yours? How do we get started raising chickens? The years I spent perfecting these home-made chicken coops suddenly started making sense. There is so much you need to know to make your own chicken coop, and raise your flock at home! Take this for example ... Here's How YOU can INSTANLY save your entire flock in one day. Did you know that if you don't build your coop to stop ONE specific predator, that you can seriously lose your entire flock in one day? And no ... it's probably not the large animal you're thinking of right now. NOPE - it's hawks. Do you want to guess how I figured that one out? Yep... And that's not the only lesson I learned the hard way. I envy you. When I first started, I didn't have a guide like this. The information on how to make chicken coops is out there, but it's scattered. I had to spend months of my life going to dozens of different sources, buying all kinds of books, reading hundreds of article pages, spending hours interviewing other chicken raisers, just so that I could learn how to do it myself! Here's what I realized pretty quickly ... There are SO MANY different types and styles of chicken coops out there, that you really have to know what you want to accomplish before you find the chicken coop plan that is right for you! You want to understand what YOUR needs are. You need to know what the needs of your flock are going to be. You have to build a chicken coop that you are comfortable having your neighbors see. You have to stay within the legal limits of your area All of these, PLUS a whole bunch more are key factors in your chicken coop building process. Have you signed up to get your Free Chicken Coop Plan? You see ... making that first mistake, of losing an enire flock in one day, taught me the single most important lesson in how to keep your chickens safe and predator-free. And you'll learn some of the ideas and strategies that I think are most important here. Here's what I hope you uncover from your visit with us here at Chicken Coop Plan.com Photo from Seattle Times article Harley Soltes - Seattle Times staff photographer How YOU can build Your Own Chicken Coop Perfect for Your Backyard Chicken Flock.  Some chicken owners have never had the know-how to create a house for their chickens. They are forced to pay hundreds, even thousands of dollars to have someone else build and design their coop for them. Take a look at this custom, backyard coop I read about recently. A house of this size isn’t cheap to have built for you. It's true ... the cheapest, 'ready-to-build' coop I have found is just a nickle under $100. The one pictured above would run well over $1000. Okay - that's enough of the chit-chatting, let's check out some real info: Chicken Coop Living