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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nYou can see more photos of this chicken coop build and the plans here: https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/chicken-coop\/6×8-CCSB-chicken-coop-plans<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The owner\/builder had this to say about her experience build it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This plan called for the man door on one end and the chicken door on the other. I opted to have both doors on both ends. That way I could switch which end the run went on at any time in the future. We installed a metal roof, instead of shingle. I am just under 5 ft tall and I figured and I figured that I shouldn’t have to bend over to pass thru the “man door”, so I raised the height of the entire building by 1 foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the inside, I used some inexpensive wash tubs in the nesting box slots. Being able to remove them for cleaning is great! Across from the nesting boxes, I installed 2 parallel wooden closet rod for roosting bars (only one shown), and with some scraps, I built a support brace for each to keep them from bowing under the weight of the hens. They are fully removable for easier maneuvering when cleaning the coop. I cut and laid some poly wall to help protect the wood of the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just want to note that I am a slightly-under-5-foot woman, and other than the roof, I did 95% of the construction of this coop myself. I don’t do heights, so my boyfriend installed the roof, and he helped with a little bit of the heavy lifting that I wasn’t quite able to do on my own. I had never built anything from plans before, and with a little consultation here and there on how to read the plans, I was able to build a very nice coop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m quite short, so I don’t use the egg door to collect eggs. Instead I use it as a back window during warmer weather. Using scraps, I built a removable screen for the egg door \u2026 air flows, but hens can’t escape! Later (no photo available), I made a screen door for the non-run end chicken door. That also allows for more air flow in warm weather to keep it more comfortable for the girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Check out this beautifully build chicken coop. It was built from our 6×8-CCSB plans. You can see more photos of this chicken coop build and the plans here: https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/chicken-coop\/6×8-CCSB-chicken-coop-plans The owner\/builder had this to say about her experience build it: … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,195],"tags":[280,196,383,382],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icreatables.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}