North coop
Ken completed his smaller portable coop for the tweens! Last night we moved chickens: cockerels to the north coop. Ken found that a group of males without a female in their midst form a gang with a pecking order, but they don’t fight. Then the pullets went to the new portable coop
Here is his new coop with many great features:
There is the bird door with ramp on right and people door on the left side
Nest boxes if needed, roosts, and a top floor feeding station for early morning or inclement weather
Rain gutters to fill barrel for water
The last thing Ken figured out was this front set of wheels from and old piece of horse equipment. It makes the coop more stationary and less like a rickshaw, it provides a place for hitch to tractor if needed, and it eases turning.
The chickens seem to like it.
