Keeping Chickens Newsletter

Subscriber Coops

Thanks to Margie Burr for these photos and description of the newly finished 'portable' chicken coop - designed and built by her husband.

"I've been waiting for my husband to send you the pictures of our 'portable' chicken coop because he wanted to explain all that he did. But I'm beginning to think that it's never going to be sent (he has so many creations in his head that he doesn't think of sending pictures). So I've decided to send them to you and do my best in explaining each one myself. I hope you enjoy. His work is always very inspiring to me."

The first picture is the full view of the coop (new home to 24 Rhode Island Red females). It's screened in all around and has an electric wire going around about 1½ feet from the bottom to keep coyotes and other predators away. The electric wire is run by the battery on the riding mower that he pulls the coop, and to keep the battery charged he has a solarized charger connected to the battery.