>>>“Trailer - Coop”, a new one on me, don’t think that I would like it as well as one designed to keep them on the ground where they can scratch for bugs and weeds.<<<
They took one of those long lawn mower trailers and built the coop on it. That way, it is low to the ground. They then put up a pretty good sized fence and have a ramp for the chickens to go in and out, and they can find shade under the trailer. When they want fresh pasture, they can move the trailer and put up another fence. They just close the door at night and they are nice and safe, and then let them out in the morning. Coop is tall enough to walk in, but also has a trap door in the back wall of the nesting boxes so you can collect eggs from the outside or inside.
Guess it would even be handy if they needed to bug-out sometime - just close up the chickens and hitch it up and drive to the new home. I’ll have to get a picture if I can remember to take my camera over...
Guess it would even be handy if they needed to bug-out sometime - just close up the chickens and hitch it up and drive to the new home. I’ll have to get a picture if I can remember to take my camera over...<<<
Sounds like it will make a good chicken set up.
Reminds me of a dream/plan that I had once. Bill never did get my version built.
We were camping and only had the car, but managing, just took lots of time, find a spot, [Oregon], unload and fix dinner.
One night the next spot had a family with a bunch of little kids pull in and I felt sorry for them, all those kids and only a car and a luggage trailer.
She had dinner in an instant, for her husband had built the trailer, and it had cabinets with drop down/form a shelf doors, so she dropped a door and there were dishes, another was the camp stove, so in a flash, she had her kitchen set up and I was still crawling along the ground, stirring things.
At night a tarp over the trailer and it was a cozy cave for all of them to sleep in and then come morning, all the ‘stuff ‘ was hauled in the trailer and when mom finished feeding the kids, the cupboards were closed up and they were ready for the next meal/stop.
Later when we had a camper, I still thought that she had the best of it, for she had work space and the open air that the idea of camping carries.