Summary: <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends, we discuss the considerations you need to take when you are building a chicken coop including where to keep the food, how to space the perches, and are automatic doors all they are cracked up to be!?</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you to Onduline for sponsoring this podcast episode! We also want to thank Rebecca Nickols of <a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/">Community Chickens</a> for putting together this compilation of <a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/category/coops/cool-coops/">cool coops</a>. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">While you listen please enjoy these links and images showing the cool coops that we look at during the conversation!</span></p><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-the-chick-compound/">1. The Chick Compound</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-the-chick-inn/">2. The Chick Inn</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-the-cottage-playhouse-coop/">3. The Cottage Playhouse *Pat's Favorite</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-double-deck-chicken-coop/">4. Double Deck Chicken Coop</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-the-fort-coop/">5.The Fort Coop</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-pallet-coop/">6. Pallet Coop</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-the-porta-potty-coop/">7. Pay it Forward Coop</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-the-porta-potty-coop/">8. The Porta Potty Coop</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-recycled-counter-coop/">9. Recycled Counter Coop</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-re-purposed-car-coop/"> 10. Re Purposed Car Coop</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-re-purposed-trailer-coop/"> 11. Re Purposed Trailer Coop</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-the-rustic-whimsical-coop/">12. The Rustic / Whimsical Coop</a></span></h2><br> <h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.communitychickens.com/cool-coops-the-wicked-chicken-saloon-mercantile-and-no-tell-hotel/">13. The Wicked Chicken Saloon, Mercantile and No Tell-Hotel</a></span></h2><br> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/motherearthnewsmag/videos/?ref=page_internal">14. Build a Coop in an Hour</a></span></strong></p><br> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetic;"></span></h3>
