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Thanks everyone for your patience as I continue to consider all of the excellent input. It's so helpful to hear each of your perspectives and input on netting and mobility, and amount of land. @MadGardener , thanks for so much detail about your own story and evolution of thought, it gives me a...

Good to know. How's (roughly) 1 acre per 6 chickens sound? Or maybe ½ acre if I'm to be extra conservative in my calculations... Regarding hawk-resistant birds, I'm planning 4 large, 2 medium, and all dark colors and predator aware types, I've read, with the exception of the Faverolles, who is...

Good point, thanks. Not sure what "it" is, or what mobile or covered refers to, would you please clarify? Got that part, the net being the Premier 1. Glad to hear your birds have been safe! We live next to large power pylons where the hawks love to perch, almost as much as they love the...

I can imagine moving the fence itself just fine. To be clear, I meant to depict not just the electrified fence netting, but an attached net overhead (attached to top with removable zip ties, which I read someone else did, likely for a permanent set up). It was a notion that came to me as the...

Yes, Aart! Nice to meet you! :D

Wow, you two, this is incredible feedback and input. @U_Stormcrow , did you just draw that? Nice "rough" sketch! I have noticed that cattle panels seem to provide the lightest framing, and can appreciate your approach in that regard. I have a visceral reaction to things that are...

@3KillerBs thank you for the links. I spent hours this weekend looking at tractor patterns here, and only got halfway through, so I appreciate the help. I like the spaciousness and lightness of the hoop coops, the flat ground factor rules them out unless there are ones that are narrower. Our...

Do you have any favorites? I'm planning to get 6 birds and would love to move them around the yard all summer, and park them on my garden in the winter.

Oh, and to answer this question, she uses removable trays as nesting boxes, which can be easily cleaned. She uses Diatomaceous Earth in the bedding.

@rosemarythyme That's helpful, thank you. Well this answer explains at least in part the strength of a mobile system. If a rat does decide to tunnel in, the problem is solved, in a sense, when the tractor is moved to a new location. Chicken poops are left behind, leaving interest outside of the...

Hi everyone. I'm looking at a simple chicken tractor design (here) that has an open-bottom coop. I'm going to need to modify it, but I find the idea of not having a coop floor to clean (with roosts above the ground/grass) very appealing. The creator claims years of success with this coop, but...