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We didn't really have "plans" for our mobile coop... We had an old trailer body sitting in the weeds in the back hayfield, so we just adapted everything to fit that. I'll attach some photos of it, in case that will help. It's basically just a 6x10 framed shed built onto the trailer body, covered with plywood; the tarp you see was replaced by a shingle roof. The end toward you has the trailer tongue--has to be moved with tractor or truck, so probably way more that you had in mind! Other end has a pop-hole and people door. Two hinged windows on each side, which are propped open during warmer weather; hardware cloth (rat-wire) over them on the inside.
Second picture is inside--I used saplings, about 1 1/2-2" diameter, for the roosts, bolted onto boards angled out from the wall. (That was my last year's flock--all 26 crammed onto the top roost once they got the idea!) There are 8 nest boxes (2 rows of four) on the side opposite the door--I was overkill, but I use two of the boxes for storage! There's room for a feeder, waterer, and trash can of feed. I run a flex to the coop when it's parked for the winter, so I can heat the waterer and have a light on a timer so they keep laying. It's now insulated (four sides and roof) with leftover foam insulation covered with leftover linoleum.
I'll look in some of my books... Surely there must be plans for mobile coops. Have you googled "chicken ark" and "chicken tractor" for pictures? Some of them I've seen are easily moved by one person, and don't look all that hard to cobble together. The main difficulty is security against predators.
Good luck!
Rhonda
STOP CORPORATE ABUSE--BAN ALL GMOs!
Second picture is inside--I used saplings, about 1 1/2-2" diameter, for the roosts, bolted onto boards angled out from the wall. (That was my last year's flock--all 26 crammed onto the top roost once they got the idea!) There are 8 nest boxes (2 rows of four) on the side opposite the door--I was overkill, but I use two of the boxes for storage! There's room for a feeder, waterer, and trash can of feed. I run a flex to the coop when it's parked for the winter, so I can heat the waterer and have a light on a timer so they keep laying. It's now insulated (four sides and roof) with leftover foam insulation covered with leftover linoleum.
I'll look in some of my books... Surely there must be plans for mobile coops. Have you googled "chicken ark" and "chicken tractor" for pictures? Some of them I've seen are easily moved by one person, and don't look all that hard to cobble together. The main difficulty is security against predators.
Good luck!
Rhonda
STOP CORPORATE ABUSE--BAN ALL GMOs!
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