tMy New and Improved Tractor Coop

 Almost finished product. Door needs embellishment and back wheels 2x4 in front needs to be added to keep babies in or they run under it and out

 Back will have  3 " wheels like on the front.Not on yet.

 Coop just rolls up to the door way of the run..Red thing on top is the  1/2 " ply slot door.Might replace it for 1/4"  so  doesnt stick as much.

This is  my 4 th coop and the 3rd Tractor  coop,

Each coop I made   with  better ideas.This  cost about  $130ish.

Think the last  one was about $80 total .Really no frills 

ONE GREAT improvement .... old version  has tiny  plastic wheels  one end . They  move slightly better than nothing. This one spent more and added rubber 3 "  tires .

My older  hens  like  their  coop a LOT.Hardware cloth floor, and hardware cloth window on 4 sides Sits  on 2 ft high  legs. 

Being  older  and moving them  around by hand daily  everything has to be thought of in  "whats the  lightest way"  terms .

This  coop is 2 x4 x2 .

Constructed of 2x2's

Wheel base  are 2x4's

3" rubber wheels

roof  1/2 " ply

Used 1/4 " ply wall floor  this time will make it a lot lighter that then last which had 1/2 " ply everyplace  

 leftover pieces of hardware cloth

My FAVORITE  coop has 8 hens in  and  2 roosts.2X4X2

They do fine for the night and like it.No squabbles..... BUT no room to walk in the morning  so gotta go open it  right away.This is the same

Again Slot Windows  .Girls LOVE to look out as they roost, A MUST.

 Odd start ....Built the frame work  in my dining room  in  the cool air  as it was so so hot and muggy out (I did cut the wood outside) if you Do this make sure it fits thru the door way.

I did........but didnt take in account the 1/2" thick window frames I put on after.DUH.

Had to take the frame  off  one and re-apply outside Oh well.

Will Add the  vertical slot door as my  other slides   sideways but  not as easy i am sure as this. 

Last coop  has a hard ware cloth floor.

Nice and cool and easy to hose  out but this will  be  even better I think .

Sliding  removable  floor.

Will use sheet vynal or even sticky  shelf liner as it is even lighter to cover the wood floor.

May  add hardware  cloth under the sliding floor for very hot weather or make another sliding frame with hardware cloth too 

This is  ONLY 3 inches off the ground so not sure how cool this would be.

Last minute ...Couldnt resist adding the extra weight of a tall  traditional "chicken coop style".window.

Hardware cloth  and   Plexiglas on one side   as seen in another persons coop and in the front. (hard to tell but the slot  screen window is right below it.Looks like solid wood in this pic

.The access door  will be the hinge the roof.

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