Building a small chicken coop is easy…or so I thought. If you have done this before, you will know, it’s not as simple as you may think it is.

Unless you are super handy and just formulate plans in your head, it is really hard to start hammering away and buying parts when you are not 100% sure about what you are going to need and how much. This is where I burnt my fingers. The thing is, constructing anything without a proper plan is simply setting yourself up for failure.

After some weeks have passed, I realised that this project was going nowhere. I was making no progress and buying more materials, just to realsie I would have to rebuild the entire chicken coop. I was at the point where had to decide whether to quit and accept defeat, or go and do some research and find some simple designs and proper plans which would not be too complicated. The search was on! The frustrating part was that the most of the plans or designs that I could find, either needed very specialised tools or materials, or were too advanced for my limited knowledge.