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Heres what I use: What you cant see are the wheels which dismount on pivoting arms. This is a poultrr shelter which moves from place to place and creates a growing bed as the birds live in it. Once youve gotten the floor of it covered in mulch, compost, clippings and manure, you lever on...

Quote: Eggsellent ideas. The coop on the other side (yard side) of the veg garden with a dividing line down the center is a great idea. Basically you create two garden paddocks. And you CAN let the chickens in you growing garden, you just have to create barriers of net or wire to keep them out...

Chickens don't need to much space. For 3 chickens you'd need about 6 square feet inside the coop 30 square feet out side the coop. The rule of the thumb is 2 square feet per chicken inside 10 square feet per chicken outside. Heres the problem with Rules of Thumb - everybody has different sized...

Pat has said it well - one can always hope she chimes in on such posts.

Quote: After looking at your excellent post, I'm wondering - SO whose the engineer, here? 1. If they are confined to that space, will they be happy enough? Happy? Yes. Chickens dont know much else, being rather dimwitted. 19 sq ft/bird total living space - well, that isn't enough, long...