The lightweight, inexpensive, wire-mesh pens we wrote about in the 2007 Portable Chicken Mini-Coop Plan were working well until we discovered a large dog could smash an unreinforced wire unit and ...

Undaunted, Long next designed an ultra-sturdy coop, MOTHER’s Mighty Chicken-Mobile, in 2011’s Build an Affordable, Portable and Predator-Proof Chicken Coop.It’s sized to fit on a raised ...

To access your chicken coop, you’ll need to build a door or two. This is a fairly simple task. You can use plywood or get a pre-made door. If you choose to go the DIY route, you need to attach ...

Check out these real life DIY chicken coops for fun and easy chicken coop ideas, plus simple step-by-step tutorials, and even chicken coop plans you can buy. News Today's news ...

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Chickens need shade in the heat of the day, so locating the coop under a large deciduous tree is ideal – they will be cool in summer and can bask in the sun during winter once the leaves have dropped.

About a quarter-century ago, American farmer Joel Salatin pioneered a portable chicken coop that allowed chickens to graze on new pastures every day. At the time, most chickens were crammed in ...