Hoop run for chickens

About a week or so ago, I wrote about the multi-purpose hoop house we're building to house our animals this winter and serve as a greenhouse/brooder in the spring. Click here for Part I, and click here for the design we're following (remember, there is a link to an improved design at the bottom of that post). Byron made progress this week, and this weekend I left the house to clean itself and went out to help him. Here's how it looks so far: We placed a beam the entire length of the…

Have to share my husband's coop design: Pallets, cattle and horse panels, plywood, old pool cover tarp, and compost . . . Setting the posts and pallets. The entire structure is 40 feet long x 8 feet wide. 20 x 8 is the enclosed coop...

Learn how to easily build a hoop chicken coop at home. Your diy hoop coop will keep your flock happy and healthy!

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It's done! The '4 hour' project that turned into many many more hours - it's done! I can build just about anything, pretty well I think, for someone with...

At the beginning of this Fall, I had a problem. Chicken math had set in, and I had gone from my beginning flock of birds that fit snugly in an 8x4 coop to a...

Thinking of building your very own Hoop Coop but don't know where to start? Well, you're at the right place because we've selected 10 top-rated Hoop Coops...

This post is long and long overdue. I built a chicken tractor over the spring. What's a chicken tractor you ask? Well that depends on if you ask a green tractor chicken or a red tractor chicken... Most people look at me funny when I say I have a chicken tractor. I think they imagine a dozen chickens tethered to a plow or something. A select few probably imagine an actual chicken driving a tractor. If you fall into the latter camp, I would love to know what you think a cock fight is. Leave a…

We all know the benefits of free ranging chickens- higher egg nutrition, better chicken health, and lower feed costs just to name a few...