Hen House Plans

nice!

great job how are the chickens?

Chickens are doing well, and 2 months old! We’ve got 5 in the ark, but 2 are banties. The only change I’ve made to the design is to add rain flaps on the sides, since we get some powerful rain here in florida. It’s also heavier than I expected…it definitely takes 2 of us to carry it to a new location.

How do you get the blue print on this chicken coop?Great coop!

You might could change out the lower solid doors with door frames with chicken wire. This would cut several pounds off I would imagine. This is one of the better chicken ark/tractors that I have seen. 5 stars for the effort. Good job.

Yes, Great Work!! This is one of the first designs I’ve seen that gives the chickens night-time security. Just one question – the top section looks to have no ventilation when closed-up for the night… do the chickens seem to be OK in there even on hot summer nights?

There is airflow in the peak of each triangle on the ends. I left open the top 4″, then put a smaller piece on the outside edges of the roof. This allows air to flow under it, along the roof line, and out the other end. I figured that would allow the heated air to leave without allowing in wind or rain which chickens hate. Another option would be to raise the metal roof an inch or two above the rafters and have it extend out over the wooden sides, screening the opening. Ave noc temp is 76.

Thanks for your reply. This is a really well thought out design! Are copies of your plans available, or do you know of any similar plans I could get hold of? In any case, thanks very much for posting the video.

No plans that I’m aware of. You can get a pretty good idea of the construction by looking at the video. It is mainly 2×2′s creating the A frame, and cedar lap siding. The floor rests on 2×2 cross beams, with the sliding section cut so it can be slid out for access to the stairs.

inbuilt hose connector! Nice work.

Is that enough space for the chickens to live there entire life, comfortably? I wanna raise 3-4 chickens but I go to school and no one else can help all the time. Please help.

You could raise 3-4 bantams in there. I ended up adding a “playpen” onto this which was 4×5 and about 4′ tall, simply constructed out of 1×2′s and chicken wire. That way they could go out when it was nice and scratch around, but still get under when it rained, and go upstairs to bed at night. We had 3 full size chickens in this set up and they seemed very content.

Such a nice tractor. I’ve watched your video many times as a guide to building mine. Thanks,

i am just about done finishing my chicken tractor. its 6 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 1/2 feet tall. i wanted to make it so i can move it around, but i also wanted to make it out of all recycled materials (2 by 4s and ply wood). i just tared the roof today and tomorrow im putting on cedar shingles. the bloody thing weighs well over 200lb

That’s not a tractor, that’s a mansion! You’re going to have to put a serious set of wheels under one end. You might look into the wheels on the Boughton 902. The axel is on a hinge so you can lift up one end and flip the wheels under then push or pull from the other end. Good luck.

very good design ,please can you give me the height width and depth so i can make my own.

Sold this a couple of months ago, so had to go back to my pictures to figure this out. I’m thinking the base is 3′ wide x 5′ long. The sides are about 4′, so the height ends up around 44″. The nesting area is about 18″ high, the ground area about 26″. Good luck.

nice video, thanks for sharing . heres a 3D plan view of our latest mobile chicken coop as close to free range as you can get,,, see our channel for plans,,,,many thanks

Google “city chicken website” or try backyardchickens(dot)com
Also look at “Chicken Ark – ThePoultryPeople” here on youtube for more ideas.

Google “city chicken website” or try backyardchickens website
Also look at “Chicken Ark – ThePoultryPeople” here on youtube for more ideas.

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