This handy guide provides you with not only a complete chicken tractor design, but also a brooder design, easy to follow instructions, great ways to get free materials, how to get your flock (nearly) for free, chicken care and more. If you’ve ever thought of having a chicken tractor, you won’t want to be without this book.

About the Author

Sue Merriam is pursuing the self reliant life on a small acreage in rural Oklahoma. She lives with her husband, Rick, (more…)

A Review of “How To Build a Chicken Coop“

Need to buy a chicken coop? Are you any good at DIY? Well why not save yourself a ton of money and get Bill Keene’s How To Build a Chicken Coop.

Written by Bill Keene, a guy who’s been building different types of chicken coops for many years, Building a Chicken Coop not only gives you simple yet detailed plans to follow but also gives you useful insights into how to care for your chickens and keep them laying those fresh eggs every day.

Here’s just a handful of useful things you’ll find in this book:

6 simple items you need to have before you even think about building your chicken coop

How to build a good medium-sized chicken coop at a fraction of the price of buying a new one

How to build a large-size Premium chicken coop that’s easy to clean and automatically collects your fresh eggs!

How to build a Portable Chicken Coop that makes cleaning simple and provides useful fertilizer for your garden

How to pick the right breed of chicken for your climate, space and egg needs

How to easily breed chickens yourself and take care of the baby chicks so you have a self sustaining flock

The 9 daily, monthly and yearly chores you must perform to keep your chickens healthy, happy and laying eggs

How to protect your coop from predators such as foxes, coyotes, cats, hawks and many more

The 8 foods that can be potentially harmful if you give them to your chickens

Learn what to do if your chicken gets sick and the 2 most common health problems and how to cure them

…and much much more

Portable Chicken Coop – 3 Important Reasons to Consider Buying a Portable Chicken Coop

If it’s a dream of yours to keep a small flock of chickens at home in your backyard then in my experience the very best option to go with is buying a portable chicken coop to keep your chickens in.

As standard, most portable chicken coop will comfortably hold from 2-4 chickens in the ideal conditions needed for both overall health of the birds and for maximum egg laying too.

So, why should you choose a portable chicken coop over a more permanent one? I’ve listed the main benefits below. I’m sure after reading them I’ll have converted you!

There are many types of portable chicken coup available nowadays but they can be quite expensive for the beginner, especially if you’re not sure that raising chickens is going to work out for you, so why not consider building your own chicken coop instead and save some of that hard earned cash for something else!

There are plenty of portable chicken coop plans available all over the web or if you’re as DIY challenged as me then a basic portbale chicken coop kit could be the way to go.

Portable Chicken Coop Tips

Keeping It Safe – If you’ve ever suffered the loss of your entire flock at the paws or claws of chicken coop predators, then you’ll find a portable chicken coop will be a real bonus for you.

Why?

Because you can simply move it inside and out of harms way during the night. Placing your portable chicken coop in a secure outbuilding or garage will do just fine. And being inside will also provide added protection against the elements.

Keeping It Clean – Cleaning up couldn’t be simpler when you go for a portable chicken coop. Simply move the portable chicken runs to it’s new area and clean up the old spot in just a couple of minutes. They’re also designed for easy washing and cleaning out too, which will keep the build up of harmful mould to a minimum. Less hassle for you, a lot less stress for your chickens, and they get fresh soil to scratch at immediately which makes the move a lot more pleasant for them.

Keep Them Healthy – Normally a portable hen house is smaller in size and a lot easier to clean than the stardard chicken tractor. They’ll have enough room to flap their wings and scratch about and, as you’ll be moving them around, there’ll be less opportunity for harmful diseases to build up in the soil. They’ll also suffer less damage at the claws and beaks of the inmates! So diseases and mould won’t have as much chance to get attached to the portable chicken coop.

The three main reasons above are important to keep in mind whether you’re just thinking about raising chickens or you’ve already thought about it and are at the buying stage. Getting off to the right start will save you a lot of time and money and will ensure you’ll get the maximum enjoyment from your portable chicken coop.

Portable Chicken Coop