Chicken Coop Design Project

By Jordin Tafoya

Purpose To design an…

› Environmentally Sustainable › Beautiful› Functional› Thoughtful

Chicken coop for a residential backyard

Background Research White Leghorn Chickens

› Purpose is egg-laying Extra Large Very good quality Lays 4 x per week

› 6-7 lbs.

› Most common egg-laying chickens

Requirements $0 - $500

Up to150 Square Feet

4-6 Chickens

Max. of 8 ft. elevation

Understand What are the positive and negative

aspects of raising chickens in a residential environment?

› Chickens are super loud, but you don’t have to buy eggs if you have chickens

Understand What are key health and safety

features that should be incorporated into a chicken coop?

› Protection from weather, protection from predators like dogs, and space for the chickens.

Understand What are the essential differences of

designing a chicken coop for a rural, suburban, or urban environment? › Urban is a lot harder for design for,

because there isn’t as much yard space, and there are other people as major threats.

› Rural is the easiest to design for

because you have much more room and privacy.

Understand How would factors such as location,

weather, traffic patterns, and geography impact the design?

› Because when you design you have to plan for most circumstances, and weather itself is a huge thing to design around.

Design Idea’s

Final Design

Reasons for Choice Simplest

Most sustainable

Meets all requirements

Prototype The scale was 1 in. : 1 ft.

Prototype Materials Balsa Wood

Hot glue

Red and white paint

Paintbrush

Chicken wire

X-Acto knife

Materials Oriented Strand Board

Screws

Paint (Red and White)

4- 1 in. x 8 ft. Wood Beams

4- 1 in. x 2.5 ft. Wood Beams

Chicken Wire

Refine Make the door bigger Make the outside portion slightly larger

Resources http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-much-

coop-and-run-space-do-i-need.html

http://www.mypetchicken.com/chicken-breeds/Leghorn-White-B65.aspx

http://egglayingchickens.com/best-egg-laying-chicken-breeds.html

http://www.cacklehatchery.com/whtleghornpage.html