Setting up your coop to be successful is one of the most important things in your chicken keeping journey and also a teacher of hard learned lessons. Which is why I wish someone had laid it all out for me when I first started.

First define your goals. Want happy healthy chickens? Want to be able to go out of town for a week or two and not worry about your ladies? This is where you are going to want to start!

Selecting your coop…

Meet their basic needs…