Building Chicken Coops by Gail Damerow (1999, Paperback)

I liked the info it gave me in the book on the chicken coops but I would of really liked to of had more info and more actual plans (blueprints)of more designs for every kind of chicken farmer.

The book was for my husband and he found it limited. We have not tried it yet. The book was sent promptly

After looking throughout ebay for a quality book that would help my father design and build a chicken coop, I found this book. To be totally honest I was expecting more in terms of the size of the book and the amount of information, but my father was quite happy with the book. It has a great deal of quality information, but it is very short and not too in-depth. This book is great for someone that has a general knowledge of chickens and chicken coops but needs a little help with the fine points and specifics of designing and building a coop. If you are looking to start from scratch with the whole idea of chickens, I would look for a more indepth book. But overall, this is a good book and is exactly what my father was looking for,

I enjoyed this book, and found it has some good ideas, but I am on a binge --reading everything I can lay my hands on about chickens. For a really comprehensive review of what people are building all over the country, from small to large, modest (made from recycled doors, etc.)to fancy, along with pictures and real-life stories about what worked well, and what didn't, go to www.backyardchickens.com -- they have a huge coop section divided into tractors (open-bottomed movable coops), small, medium and large palaces, as well as much advice from poultry fanciers. Really well-run forum, too, where you can learn a lot from real folks, and many, many links.

I was a little surprised at how little the book was when I got it but let me tell you it is full of information. It was very helpfull & I enjoyed reading it.
Well worth the dollar I paid for it. Any body wanting to build a coop should get this one.

The pictures were easy to follow and the added information about chicken raising helped me to decide I did not want to raise chickens.

I like the easy to read and understand details of this book. I decided to buy it because of the price and the fact that I just bought Chickens and needed a coop for them. I needed suggestions for building it, and this book explained every detail.

It's good info about chicken coops. My husband and I can't wait to get started on it. The girls will love their new home. Thanks so much.

This book has a lot of interesting ideas on how to make chicken coops and it is fairly straightforward and easy to read. There was one portion that I didn't quite understand, but "got" later on. It isn't quite as lengthy or giving of as many examples of different styles of coops that I would have liked, but I did end up using one of the examples on the inside as one of my roosts. Its worth picking up, but not paying more than 10 bucks for with shipping.