Posted by Zachary Hoyt on March 20, 2013 at 10:13:27 from (184.8.250.241):
In Reply to: OT Chickens posted by randallinmo on March 20, 2013 at 09:39:34:
Our chickens are kept in a rolling coop during the summer months. I built it on an old axle and it is 5x8 feet for 8-10 hens. The coop where their food and water and roosts and nests are is about 3 feet high and about 3 feet off the ground, so I can easily reach in to feed them or clean it out. There is a hatch in the floor and they can hop down through it to the ground underneath which is enclosed with chicken wire on a frame. I move the coop every 2 or 3 days onto new ground and by the time they go they have torn up everything down to bare ground. They almost always lay their eggs in the dark nest which has a door opening to the outside that I reach in to get the eggs and only has a small opening into the coop for the chickens to use. We had read that chickens prefer a darker spot to lay their eggs and it seems to have worked for us so far. Another thing I have done is just to make a chicken wire enclosure and a doghouse sized coop that can both be dragged around fairly easily, but the coop on wheels is definitely handier. Zach
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