The coop grew out of the garden. "We were so excited to have a yard," Snyder recalls. Martin started growing a vegetable bed and soon a friend and owner of Naomi's Organic Farm Supply suggested hens. "She got us excited about having chickens as an extension of our garden," Snyder says. Photo 27 of 29 in 10 Modern Chicken Coops That Rule the Roost from For His First Solo Project, an Architect Builds a Backyard Chicken Coop With a Living Roof

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Architect Mitchell Snyder designed a chicken coop for his Portland backyard. It’s a four-foot cube with walls composed of two-by-fours, insulated, and covered in oriented strand board (OSB). The exterior is reclaimed cedar siding, and the upper windows allow for ventilation.