Service Includes
- ✓Custom timber-frame coops
- ✓19-gauge predator proofing
- ✓Bear-resistant reinforcement
- ✓Insulated nesting boxes
- ✓Heated waterer circuits
- ✓Automatic door systems
Every project gets a detailed written estimate with flat-rate pricing before work begins. Call (719) 243-9718 or submit the estimate form.
The Colorado Handyman builds custom chicken coops and predator-proof runs designed specifically for the predators, regulations, and severe winters of the Colorado Springs area. Colorado Springs municipal code allows up to 10 hens (six months or older, no roosters) with a minimum of 4 square feet of coop space per bird.
Predator Proofing for Colorado's Wildlife
19-Gauge Hardware Cloth: Not chicken wire, which coyotes and raccoons can tear through. 19-gauge hardware cloth with buried aprons extending 12 inches underground prevents digging by foxes, raccoons, and skunks.
Bear-Resistant Reinforcement: For properties near the foothills — Broadmoor, Cheyenne Mountain, Manitou Springs, and western Black Forest — structural framing and heavy-duty locking mechanisms that bears cannot manipulate.
Winter-Ready Features
Insulated nesting boxes, dedicated 20-amp electrical circuits for heated waterers, automatic coop doors on light-sensor timers, and south-facing windows for passive solar heating during Colorado's cold months.
Regulations by Location
City of Colorado Springs: maximum 10 hens, no roosters, 4 sq ft minimum per bird. Unincorporated El Paso County (Black Forest, Falcon, Peyton): more lenient regulations, larger flocks typically allowed.