Bright Coop Inc.

Bright Coop had its humble beginnings in 1951 when brothers Charles and N.G. Bright built their first building and started manufacturing wooden chairs that sold for $14.00 per dozen. It wasn’t long before the Bright’s were approached by a couple of local “chicken haulers” who were in need of coops to transport live chickens to market. With an abundance of hardwood timber in the area and the East Texas broiler industry starting to grow, the brothers decided to go into the business of building wooden chicken coops. After approximately 30 days of hard work and the addition of one employee, they completed a “bobtail” truck load of the coops which were purchased locally by Smith and Todd Poultry. Their auspicious beginnings, with limited capital and a “fly by the seat of your pants and learn as you go” attitude, enabled them to produce a coop that was custom-engineered to suit the local market.