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The best chicken coop is the one you build yourself. Why you may ask? It is quite simple really. If you buy a commercially built hen house you will pay an arm and a leg for it. From a few hundred to a thousand dollars or more is the price range you would be looking at.

Now that you have decided to raise chickens you need a coop to keep them in. You can of course buy a coop, but these can be quite expensive, especially if they are brand new. Older coops may not be as robust or be quite weathered; so many people decide to build a coop from scratch. If you choose to build a coop, you need to determine the size and the type of materials you will need.

Dutch Bantam is the smallest Bantam in the world. This chicken is suitable for your backyard.

Building your own chicken coop is a fairly simple job which almost anyone can tackle. The one thing you need to get right at the start is a good design for your hen house. A quickly put together amateur construction job is just not a good idea.