Free printable plans
Get the full ChickShaw Mini-Me chapter out of Homestead Builds. Illustrated steps, a complete cut list, and mitered-cut diagrams, printable and free. No construction experience required.
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What is in the download
The complete ChickShaw Mini-Me build, printable, with every step photographed.
Enough coop for a couple dozen layers, and enough bird power to work a garden area up to 600 square feet.
About 180 pounds on 26 inch flat-free tires, and it crosses ground the full size ChickShaw cannot.
The one inch wire floor drops manure straight through, and the milk crate nest boxes pull out from the outside, so you never step inside to gather eggs.
The handle becomes the roof prop and the door becomes the ramp.
Who is handing you these plans
I am Justin Rhodes. We raise our food on our farm in western North Carolina. After the ChickShaw went out into the world, the question I kept getting was whether it could be made smaller. Our terrain here is steep and gnarly, and I wanted a coop I could move over it without a machine, so I built one. It has the same features as the 5.0, just smaller, and it has been working here ever since.
Homestead Builds is the book this chapter came out of. Twelve essential structures for an abundant homestead, written with Chris Slattery. Practical designs with no fluff, the most affordable option for each structure, and a video class on how to actually use the plans.
Digital plans download immediately at $39. The open-flat physical book is $79.
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Before you ask
The complete ChickShaw Mini-Me chapter out of Homestead Builds, as a printable PDF. That is the full build, the illustrated steps, and the cut diagrams.
Up to 24 hens, and it will work a garden area up to 600 square feet.
The coop is 4 feet by 4 feet and 2 feet tall, a bit over 3 feet once it is on the wheels, and it weighs about 180 pounds.
Build the 5.0 if you have the birds and the room. Build the Mini-Me if you have a couple dozen hens, rugged ground, or no machine to pull with.
No. The steps are drawn one at a time and written for someone who has never framed anything.
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