Operation Chicken Tractor

As Spring begins we start gathering seeds, making plans, and drawing up sketches of ideas for the upcoming season. This year we've decided to raise a few chickens and enjoy our own farm fresh eggs. After watching way too many youtube videos one Sunday afternoon... I began conceptualizing our mobile chicken coop.

I've built a few raised bed gardens, and I have mastered the compost bin... but a mobile chicken coop is panning out to be tougher challenge. My goal is to spend as little as possible while creating a comfortable and lightweight mobile coop. First I began seeing what I could salvage from around the farm... old pvc piping, lumber, hinges, tarps. All great scores, but I still have to make a shopping list:

1. chicken wire

2. more PVC, glue, fittings

3. brackets for pvc pipes

4. plywood

4. wheels (2)

5. bungee cords

Today I built the base of the coop with 2x4's. The foot print is 7' x 14'. Next I cut the pvc pipes to 14" these will be the skeleton of the coop, providing the frame for the chicken wire.

Photos and plans to come soon...