Never had a chicken coop work

[Kitchwan]

I've tried a similar set up to a handful of youtube chicken coops and not ONCE has any of them done what it's supposed to. Not to mention just trying to throw things to where you need them to go is a slog that takes up way too much time for no reward. Anyone else having issue with this? At this point I'd rather just let them free roam.

[Zatarra]

Nope my chicken cave is perfect.
Well, once I served the eviction notice to that large angry blue guy, it was perfect.

[TheGreatDruid]

One design I would suggest is building it under your house at your main base. Dig down into the earth. This will alleviate a bug that comes up sometimes where the chickens can escape on hatching as the game puts them outside wooden walls. It doesn't happen with stone and earth. For the entrance, use an "airlock design." Have two doors connected by a short hall. Always keep one door closed when entering or leaving. This will prevent any bats or other aerial attackers from getting in should you get raided. At the innermost door, use a stone block to prevent the chickens from getting out the door via the known glitch or by trying to walk out when you open the door. Use a stone piece that you can hop over easily. The smaller-sized pieces that are taller than a chicken are fine.

By putting the coop "downstairs", you also get the benefit of your fire upstairs providing some heat to the area, so you don't need a second fire to hatch eggs the chickens lay. Since there is only that one access, intruders can't get to the chickens (it really sucks to lose all your chickens to a bat raid!).

For lighting the coop, the crystals you get out of the Mountains can be used to create clear windows which you can put in the walls. Or one can use the various metal grates made of iron. There are several wood constructed items that can work too as one progresses further in the game that allow some light to come in but prevent attackers from getting in. One can always place various torches, lamps, Mistlights, etc. too.

[Tearfulstab]

dig down a bit make a wall/roof hang a few hanging braziers , throw some stacks of seeds down there, throw eggs in there near the braziers, i ended up with way to many hens, they just eat all my seeds.... like stacks of hundreds

[Bandy]

Originally posted by Kitchwan:

Never had a chicken coop work

Saw the title, wondered, "what's a chicken co-op...?"