We are planing on making a hoop coop almost exactly like Ranchers , but we are going to add wheels to it so that we can move it. DH likes where I want to put it, but when I mentioned plowing a path to it during the winter he hated it. So we decided that we are going to add wheels to it so that we can tow it where we want it to go. Maybe that might work for you. Kind of like a large hop coop tractor.
this sounds like a smart idea. I don't have a tractor, but wheels would work. I don't think they're that heavy.
We have just under 5 acres here. The problem is that we live on the side of a mountain so it is hilly. There is a nice mostly flat area over near where I have started to dig them their pond so that is where we want to move the duck hoop coop to. DH doesn't want to plow all the way up the hill and around a corner so I can get to the place where it will be. I can just imagine what divots he will make trying to do that. I know how bad the yard gets tore up where we plow and to go up there would end up being a mess. So I/he want to pull it down to the end of the driveway area next to the chicken run so it will be easy to keep it plowed. When I suggested moving it he got excited. Any excuse to use his lawn mower makes him happy, so why not just add wheels to it so that it will move easy. I told him, that is his part. He has to figure out how to add the wheels so that he can pull it around and how to get it to stay put when it gets there. I like the idea of being able to so it myself.While 2 people can move mine slowly I always thought putting wheels on it would be cool. Even a hitch so I could tow it with the tractor. However my yard is not that big
Okay so you're going with a community nest box? Can I suggest you find an old dresser and take a couple of drawers out and use those? No need to build any, just hang the drawers on the wall. Should work out just fine.
one thing you can do depending on how heavy its going to be is use a hinged board that you flip under the run when you want to move it and that you can flip back out when you want it to stay still. I'm doing this with a 3' by 9' run I'm using as a tractor during the day for my birds. I'm still leery about leaving them out at night so I put them back into the oversized brooder box they spend their nights in. We had a raccoon living in my attic this spring so I'm scared to leave my girls out at night until they have a genuine coop i can lock them into.
