Chicken tent

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

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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…

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...

Chicken Tunnel

Use a screened tent as a chicken run! Find a bottomless screened tent or cut out the bottom of the tent. Place the doorway of the tent around your chicken coop if desired and use strips of Velcro to a

Ok, folks here ya go. I had a lot of people ask me for plans for my pvc cage I built. These were put together after I built mine so it's a bit rough,...

We finally got our chicken tractor built. We repurposed an old greenhouse frame. There are too many predators in our area to use an open bottom tractor so we decided to build one that could be closed up at night. The sides come down for inclement weather and the birds can go underneath it to forage and rest in the shade. We also used rubber stall mats inside so it can be hosed out. We just pull it around every few days with the tractor. I love it.

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