Two huts connected by a tunnel is brilliant! I was concerned about making it all fit. I'm sure it will be an evolving process. I have 4 tuff huts that aren't currently being used that would let me set up 2 breeding pens to start with.
I hadn't thought of enclosing the fiberglass structure inside the cattle panel hoop. That will be considered. One of my main concerns is I don't want to have to get on my hands and knees to collect eggs.
When I think of when a lot of our free ranging chickens roosted in the hay barn it was a...
One thing I do wonder about using separate pens for different breeds. When I'm not saving hatching eggs and want to allow them to free range a few hours a day will they return to their particular coop or do you think they will mix and mingle?
I plan to add roosts and a nest box. I'd like the next boxes to be on the outside so I don't have to crawl inside to get eggs. I plan to add runs. I have some portable goat panels that have 4"x 4" galvanized panel inside square tubing. They are 4' tall x 8' long. I will have to add chicken wire...
My husband owns a fiberglass company. He made a mold for a portable small livestock shelter for my goats. We had a door made for them so they could be used for transporting in a pick up bed.
I have several around the farm and envision them as small portable chicken coops. I would like to breed...