Favorite Coop Type Poll!

[CrazyChookz]

Following my breed poll, I just wanted to ask what is your favorite type of coop?
You can post reasons here too!

 

[CrazyChookz]

In case no one knows, a Commercial Pen looks like this

 

[jillscoop]

Chicken Tractors are a "win-win" with meThe poultry can enjoy fresh grass without the mess every couple days . We use hoop type tractors like the one pictured above as well as a large coop and the tractors are my favorite.

 

[LovePolish]

Large coop! Cause our chickens would free range on the farm and eat bugs and grass but come up at night to sleep in the big coop

 

[Stephanie739]

I like being able to walk around in my large coop (converted shed) It houses the babies and broodies, has separate egg laying areas, stores feed, hay...plenty of roosts, fairly easy to clean out and opens to the large run which surrounds it. The only problem I have had is a big black snake that ate a 3 week old baby but I guess that could happen with most any coop. I am working on extra protection...

 

[Red Barn Farms]

Large coop, because I am the worlds worst when it comes to chicken math.

22 chickens in the 'layer flock' and counting and always adding as I see another I want! A chicken tractor works well I believe when you have a lot of ground for them to be rotated on. We have a very small homestead with most of the 'grass' areas being fruit and nut trees and a garden spot. Our chickens roost in the barn which we converted into their 'Hen House' It seems they would much rather spend their days inside the barn as opposed to being outdoors! The barn has three rooms which one is for the 'layer girls', another room holds the roosters and the last is for smaller birds of the flock which is the 'grow out room'. Our brooder is located on the converted side of the house. It use to be a carport. The flocks all have outdoor runway access. In the evening a few hours before dusk we let them all out to free range. We plan on converting the larger area of the barn in the near future into a breeding room for our cochin, frizzle, sizzle, silke project. We now have 12 chickens of the program flock. We added windows to the three rooms covered with hardware cloth then used premium 1 inch plywood attached with hinges which can be shut and locked when winter approaches.

Here is Red Barn Farms Hen House!

 

[Going Quackers]

One us humans can stand in! i hate crawling around or leaning over.

 

[conny63malies]

Depends on what i will need it for. I will build a small 4x4 for a breeder quad of seramas, but my main flock will by in a 8x10ish size coop.