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We live about 80 miles south of downtown Chicago. We looked into lots of plans for our coop and ended up with the A-frame style coop that we move around our yard. Our chickens have been fine in the winter (of course this was a warm winter!) I would think that any of the coops you are interested...

We used these plans to build our first chicken tractor. We modified a bit to meet our needs. As the plans suggest, use larger wheels because our tractor is heavy and our lawn a bit bumpy! Bigger is certainly better for wheels. This is a fabulous design and works perfectly for our chickens.

We have had three hens for the past several months. Two disappeared yesterday. I think it was coyotes:( I am wondering if one lone hen can survive the winter all by herself. We don't plan on adding any more chickens until the spring. Part of me wants to keep her. The other part of me...

After months and months of working on my hubs to allow me a few chickens, he finally agreed! Yeah! We are building a coop and acquiring a few chickens this weekend. We live on a fabulous farm in east central Illinois, so why not have some chickens? We already have three Shetland ponies...