Free printable plans
Get the full ChickShaw 5.0 chapter out of Homestead Builds. Illustrated steps, cut lists, and mitered-cut diagrams, printable and free. No construction experience required.
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What is in the download
The complete ChickShaw 5.0 build, printable, with every step photographed.
The droppings fall through, so you are not shoveling out a coop every week.
No tractor and no second set of hands. You pick up the handles and walk.
Easier to build and stronger than the earlier versions, with over 20 refinements that lighten daily chores and keep birds alive.
Detailed steps with photos of each one. Construction experience is not required.
Who is handing you these plans
I am Justin Rhodes. My family and I raise our food on our farm in western North Carolina, and I have been designing and rebuilding this coop on our own pasture for years, through five versions. The ChickShaw exists because I got tired of coops that took two people and a tractor to move.
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.
Want to watch us do it
We film this place year round on Abundance Plus, including the builds, the livestock, and the mistakes. Start with seven days free and look around.
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Before you ask
The complete ChickShaw 5.0 chapter out of Homestead Builds, as a printable PDF. That is the full build, the illustrated steps, and the cut diagrams.
No. The steps are photographed one at a time and written for someone who has never framed anything.
Up to 36 birds, and one person can still move it. If that is more coop than you need, the Mini-Me version in the book holds 24.
It is easier to build and stronger than the earlier versions, with over 20 refinements to lighten your chores and keep your flock alive.
No. The plans are free. You are joining my email list to get them.
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