Here's what an Amish chicken coop and run costs

I had an 8 by 12 foot chicken coop with an attached run delivered to my farm this week. Here is everything you need to know about the structure, as well as what it cost me.

I added the final structure to my Upstate New York farm for 2024 this week: an Amish-handmade chicken coop and attached run. The baby chicks I purchased at the start of September are not so ‘baby’ anymore - they grew much more quickly than I anticipated. As much as I miss the sound of their soft ‘peep peeps’ from across the barn when I am writing on my laptop, it was very much time for them to move into their own place.

I visited a local Amish family that built the workshop tables for my farm earlier this year to see if they were available to build a chicken coop.

In fact, I tried to buy the coop from a local prefab shed store that has Amish-made products, only to find that they do not build any new coops after October.

With a very rough draft sketch of the coop and some printed out pictures, I showed Henry, the Amish father-in-charge, at this farm close to mine.

“Yep, we can do that. Yep, it’s no problem. It will be about 4 to 6 weeks, though. We need to build a barn here first so we can work in the colder weather,” he said to me.

“That is no problem at all! Do you need a down payment?” I asked.

“Yep, let’s say $500 cash,” he said.

“Great, I will be back tomorrow with the cash,” I said as I jumped into my Jeep.

The Amish only deal in cash or check (smartly) and will await your cash deposit, patiently.

When I returned the next day with the down payment, Henry had a little invoice slip he had drafted to break down the costs for this chicken coop.

The total price was as follows: