Chicken Coop designed and built by Home-Owner. Photo by Whit Preston

Pre-run bedding, staining and landscaping

Hoi Ning Wong

Sarah Fretwell

This beautiful pseudo-farmhouse style chicken coop sits on a lush property full of fruit trees nestled in one the nicest areas in San Diego! Built with true construction grade materials, wood milled and planed on site for uniformity, heavily stained and weatherproofed, 1/2" opening german aviary wire for full predator protection. Measures 10' long x 5' wide x 6' tall for full walk in access. It is home to beautiful rare and exotic chickens that we provided as well as all the necessary implements. Features textured wood siding, a fold down door that doubles as a coop-to-run ramp, thermal corrugated roofing over run area and more!

Custom designed front yard chicken coop made of western red cedar. Plantings in the foreground include Feather Grass, multiple citrus varieties, and edible artichokes.

RC Media

Photo: Heather Banks © 2015 Houzz

Entrance to the chicken coop. Photo credit: Lily Kaplan

Here is an example of a sustainable chicken coop using all recycled material. Also featured is a living green roof.

This unique symmetry based coop has found its home in Anaheim Hills, CA. It's central coop roof was outfitted with a thermal composite corrugated material with a slight peak to perfectly adjoin the run areas on each side. The run areas were treated with an open wired flat roof where it will find home to vining vegetable plants to further compliment the planter boxes to be placed in front. Sits on a concrete footing for predator protection and to assure a flat footprint Built with true construction grade materials, wood milled and planed on site for uniformity, heavily stained and weatherproofed, 1/2" opening german aviary wire for full predator protection. Measures 19' long x 3'6" wide x 7' tall @ central peak and allows for full walk in access. It is home to beautiful chickens that we provided as well as all the necessary implements. Features T1-11 textured wood siding, a fold down door that doubles as a coop-to-run ramp on one side with a full size coop clean out door on the other, thermal corrugated roofing over run area and more!

Chicken coop/vegetable garden complex is hardworking and beautiful. Daylilies, geranium and gaillardia soften the front of the practical garden. Multiple layers of fencing keep out deer and raptors, and allows the owners' to control where the chickens can go. Rustic design gives a nod to the local rural community.

Our most recent project is finished! It’s a beautiful reclaimed wood chicken coop in a Chula Vista backyard. This coop is 5ft x 10ft and houses 5 happy chicks. It is made with 95% reclaimed wood and matches the rustic yet classy decor of the the other outdoor furnishings. Taking only 6 days to build, the coop was ready for the eager chicks quickly turning into chicken teens. It will provide fresh eggs for the family of four, as well as compost for their garden beds. San Diego Woodworks also constructed the middle raised garden bed, and taught a personal gardening class in which the parents and children participated in planting all their own veggies and learning the workings of the drip irrigation system. All in all — happy customers, happy chickens, and a happy garden… Success! See more photos at sandiegowoodworks.com

Kat Alves Design: Serrao Architecture + Design

Design Consultant Jeff Doubét is the author of Creating Spanish Style Homes: Before & After – Techniques – Designs – Insights. The 240 page “Design Consultation in a Book” is now available. Please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com for more info. Jeff Doubét specializes in Santa Barbara style home and landscape designs. To learn more info about the variety of custom design services I offer, please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com Jeff Doubét is the Founder of Santa Barbara Home Design - a design studio based in Santa Barbara, California USA.

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