Chicken Coop Inspiration: Converting a Playhouse

Chicken coops can be expensive to buy, but if you have an old playhouse, you can easily convert it into a chicken coop.

When you get started with a backyard flock of chickens, your largest expense by far will be their coop.

But if you're somewhat handy, you can save a lot of money by converting a playhouse, garden shed or even a barn stall into a chicken coop.

With some elbow grease, scraps, and odds and ends, you can turn almost any small outbuilding into a coop that will keep your chickens safe a...