Chicken tent

This page is for the temporary coop we've set up to house our little 7 week old Ameracauna/Easter Eggers. The hutch is just a Chick-n-Hutch from Ware Manf. to give the little girls a place to be that isn't the toy box in my garage. I don't have...

A small farm’s story of a unique, inexpensive tent coop for keeping chickens, and the ancient ‘deep litter’ method for caring for chickens.

It’s been a few years since I’ve last brooded chicks, and I’ve learned a lot since then. So, when I decided to get chicks again this spring, I wanted to do everything better this time. And that started with finding a better brooding area. I’ve never been happy with any of the brooders I’ve used

Your chickens gone camping? It certainly looks like that when you first take a look at this diy tent chicken coop. I think in terms of ease of setting up this one ranks right up there with other coop ideas such as the diy old car chicken coop as well as the diy water tank

I turned the big 4-0 last month and my husband made me something very special (which my husband tells me ordinary women would not even want)! Let me take you on a visual tour. This is at the back of my suburban homestead. I am standing right next to the coop. To the left of the coop is the run. For a year this was all the space the chickens had and I knew they needed more room. On top of the run is a new addition...it is my lettuce box. It provides shade for the chickens and protects them…

I kept thinking how to sow on such tower next growing season, as the planting areas are vertical and small (no matter the chicken wire or hardware cloth)...

I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner, they have a safe enclosed coop, a covered and a fenced topped run but no grass our whole acre is fenced and the garden is fenced but they like to...