| A mobile chicken coop is a good alternative to a | | | | which it can be moved from place to place; |
| fixed chicken house. It allows the owner more | | | | hence, light materials are your best bet. This |
| flexibility without sacrificing the health and comfort | | | | doesn't necessarily mean though, that you will be |
| of his chickens. | | | | sacrificing durability and protection for your |
| If you are planning to build a backyard coop, you | | | | chickens. |
| might want to consider building a mobile chicken | | | | Some of the more common materials used in |
| coop instead. It has a lot of advantages; some of | | | | constructing a mobile chicken house are wire |
| which are enumerated below. | | | | mesh or welded wire, panels and PVC materials |
| Why a mobile coop? | | | | for the roof and side coverings and wood for |
| Mobile chicken houses are easy build, easy to | | | | framing. Using a wagon with wheels as the base is |
| clean and lessens potential problems caused by | | | | also not uncommon. |
| constantly changing weather. Depending on how | | | | How is a mobile coop built? |
| you design it, the cost could be lower than that of | | | | It all starts with the framing. The frame should be |
| fixed structures. | | | | of wood. The usual shape is square or triangular. |
| Who should build a mobile coop? | | | | The body will be made of wire, with part of the |
| A chicken owner with a maximum number of 12 | | | | sides covered by PVC panels. |
| chickens can use a mobile coop. For people who | | | | Covering just the roof or half of the coop with |
| live in an area where the weather changes often, | | | | the panels provide proper ventilation, with the |
| particularly in locations where sudden rains are | | | | option to move the covering depending on where |
| quite common, a portable or mobile coop will be | | | | the sun is situated on a given time of day. |
| ideal. | | | | If you chose to have a wheeled coop, it will make |
| A portable structure is also recommended to | | | | it easier for you to move the structure from one |
| those who do not have a reliable protective fence | | | | place to another. It can serve as a safety |
| around their property. At night, when there is no | | | | precaution and also as a strategy for providing |
| one to look in on the chickens from time to time, | | | | fresh pecking areas for the chickens. |
| the coop can be moved inside a garage, a shed | | | | A mobile chicken coop is the best option for |
| or a storage room. | | | | those who own a small number of chickens and |
| What materials should be used? | | | | for owners who do not have the luxury to spend |
| The selling point of a portable coop is the ease by | | | | a lot of time checking on their flock. |