Build This Predator-Proof, Portable Chicken Coop
ILLUSTRATION: DAVID STILES The rectangular coop kit is less expensive because it doesn't use pre-bent hoops, and because the white pipe is less costly. Total price should be about $300. DAVID STILES A drop-down door on the coop end can be opened to let the chickens out, and offers nest box access. DAVID STILES Adobe Stock/spirenko Fowl Stuff is a Michigan company that has designed an injection-molded cover that adapts 3- and 5-gallon pails for use as nesting boxes. FOWL STUFF Having a few laying hens in the backyard has almost become the icon of today’s self-sufficiency movement. Birds kept...
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