• about us

Periwinkle Porte

~ Design, inspiration and the environment insights from Associates III Interior Design.

Periwinkle Porte

Tag Archives: coop design

Homes for Chickens

06 Tuesday Mar 2012

Posted by periwinkleporte in design, environment

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

Chicken, Chicken coop, coop design, hen house

Spring is around the corner and it seems that chicken fever is upon us! Increasingly, people are deciding to keep a few laying hens on hand for fresh eggs, garden amending or even just as pets. As cities change and adapt their code to allow the keeping of hens (in most urban areas roosters are still a big no), the question comes down to what type of housing to construct for our fine feathered friends. A quick google search turns up thousands of creative ideas for coops; below are a few fun ones I’ve recently encountered as well as our own coop design.

Breed Retreat

The Breed Retreat designed by Frederik Roijé is an architectural hen house. See more at Design Milk.

Chicken Dwelling

This was a great find sent to me by a Facebook friend. A modern chicken dwelling made of recycled cedar and metal (or fiberglass) roof panels from Portland-based architecture firm Wright Design Office. See more at Architizer.

Chicken Chapel

Moskow Linn Architects led the charge on this design with five architectural students; the coop earned the moniker “Chicken Chapel”. See more at DWELL.

Custom Coop

For our coop, we were lucky to connect with a custom home builder who decided to try his hand at chicken coop building. Three years later and it's been a great success!

Snowy Coop

Even in the Colorado snow it keeps the ladies protected and warm.

Chicken houses have been on my mind as we are currently brooding 31 lovely laying hens to supplement our flock and help start several families on the joyous journey of chicken rearing. Are you a chicken keeper? Let us know if you have a coop design you’d like to share!

— Amy DePierre

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 564 other followers

Categories

  • design (62)
  • environment (63)
  • inspiration (156)
  • miscellaneous (24)
  • Uncategorized (6)

Recent Posts

  • Happy Chinese New Year!
  • Colorado Gives Day 2015
  • Wishing you a beautiful Thanksgiving!
  • Chicago Cultural Center
  • Harmony with Nature

Archives

  • February 2016 (1)
  • December 2015 (1)
  • November 2015 (4)
  • October 2015 (4)
  • September 2015 (1)
  • July 2015 (1)
  • June 2015 (2)
  • May 2015 (1)
  • April 2015 (3)
  • March 2015 (4)
  • February 2015 (2)
  • January 2015 (3)
  • December 2014 (4)
  • November 2014 (7)
  • October 2014 (2)
  • September 2014 (2)
  • August 2014 (1)
  • July 2014 (3)
  • June 2014 (5)
  • May 2014 (4)
  • April 2014 (3)
  • March 2014 (3)
  • February 2014 (5)
  • January 2014 (6)
  • December 2013 (4)
  • November 2013 (1)
  • October 2013 (2)
  • September 2013 (5)
  • August 2013 (5)
  • July 2013 (8)
  • June 2013 (5)
  • May 2013 (5)
  • April 2013 (6)
  • March 2013 (6)
  • February 2013 (6)
  • January 2013 (7)
  • December 2012 (4)
  • November 2012 (6)
  • October 2012 (8)
  • September 2012 (5)
  • August 2012 (7)
  • July 2012 (8)
  • June 2012 (8)
  • May 2012 (4)
  • April 2012 (12)
  • March 2012 (14)
  • February 2012 (17)
  • January 2012 (6)

Tags

Alan Weisman Albert Einstein Allergen Allergy art balance Bee Biedermeier Bill McKibben Book Club Building material Business Chemical substance Chicken Chicken coop Chief Seattle Chipotle Christmas Climate change Color Colorado Compost Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations coop design creative relationships Denver Denver Chalk Art Festival Design Downton Abbey Downtown Denver Downtown Denver Business Improvement District Environment Factory farming Fast food Flatirons Community Church Formaldehyde Furniture Garden Graham Hill Health Healthy interiors hen house Highclere Castle holistic style Home Hong Kong inspiration Interior Design Ishmael John Muir Landscapes Larimer Square Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LifeEdited LoDo Denver London Marcel Proust Nature Photography Plant Recycling Red Rocks Rolling Stone SHINE Silent Spring Slavery Soil and Additives Sustainable Residential Interiors Symptom The World Without Us Toxicity Treehugger Volatile organic compound Waste management Zero Waste

Blog at WordPress.com.

Cancel
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy