Add one for every four hens. When making a chicken coop, add a covered run for safe outdoor exercise. Birds will be happier —and healthier—if given space to run, forage, flap their wings ...

We've all seen egg prices at the store, and that alone could drive someone to build a chicken coop of their own.

not in the coop. I've got another Blink camera mounted in the chicken run that monitors the outdoor temperature and can send me alerts for when it drops below freezing, triggering the chicken ...

That was, until I learned the giant retailer is selling chicken coops—yes, chicken coops. The coop holds up to 15 chickens (!!) and includes a feeder, a waterer, and five nesting boxes.

"It's doable to build an enclosed chicken coop and run; it just requires more effort," she said. "The most cost-effective way to do that is covering the top of your fenced chicken run with netting ...