Hoop house chickens

Like every good (or bad?) idea, first you need a plan. I had come across a couple of coop hoop building plans during one of my chicken resea...

This post is long and long overdue. I built a chicken tractor over the spring. What's a chicken tractor you ask? Well that depends on if y...

Well (finally) here are some pictures of my hoop house! Several folks have asked me for plans but this build was done ad-hoc so I didn't really have any plans to share. So, here are some links to a few different plans for building a similar hoop house/coop: Rain Creek Pottery Hoop Coop Chicken Tractor Backyard Chickens Hoop House Whole View Farm Hoop Coop The basic idea behind pastured poultry is to move the chickens to fresh grass each day. So the pen needs to be light enough to pull with a…

Chicken Tractor Hoop House *altered from one found on backyard chickens: Barred Babies made a post back in 2012 of a house that they made from a plan they saw elsewhere as well-thanks for the outline for my hoop house!!!!* Here is a list of...

This post is long and long overdue. I built a chicken tractor over the spring. What's a chicken tractor you ask? Well that depends on if you ask a green tractor chicken or a red tractor chicken... Most people look at me funny when I say I have a chicken tractor. I think they imagine a dozen chickens tethered to a plow or something. A select few probably imagine an actual chicken driving a tractor. If you fall into the latter camp, I would love to know what you think a cock fight is. Leave a…

Have to share my husband's coop design: Pallets, cattle and horse panels, plywood, old pool cover tarp, and compost . . . Setting the posts and pallets. The entire structure is 40 feet long x 8 feet wide. 20 x 8 is the enclosed coop...

A chicken hoop coop is a type of chicken coop that is characterized by its semi-circular, "hoop" shape, which is often made using cattle panels or similar materials that form the hoop structure. This design can be economical and relatively easy to construct, and it provides a covered, protected space for backyard chickens. Hoop coops can vary in size and can be made with different materials, including pressure-treated boards for the base and hardware cloth for protection against predators.

We first began to build the hoop house for more tender plants to grow in, but when we got all our chicks we looked at this space and dec...

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Thinking of building your very own Hoop Coop but don't know where to start? Well, you're at the right place because we've selected 10 top-rated Hoop Coops to give you some inspiration. Hoop Coops are basically big movable (sometimes permanent)...