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This was our first chicken pen. Don built
the house in Summer, 1999, using my design. I added the outdoor
yard addition later. First time I ever used a skillsaw. This is
in the front yard. The house is 3 by 6 feet and 5 feet high. The
yard is 6 by 6 feet.
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The inside of the first chicken pen. Not
shown are the flats that ride on the siderails on the pen sides.
They are dropping boards below the perches so the part beneath
doesn't get too dirty for the chickens to run around down
there. |
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| This arrangement was built as a chicken
tractor for the garden. It wound up being pretty heavy. The house
and top panels are detachable. They climb up into the house at
night up a ladder through an opening in the top floor. The pen is
5 by 8 feet and 2 feet high. |
This pen was a new design I made up. It is
double-decked, with an opening in the top floor and a ladder for
the birds to climb up. That's because these birds had clipped
wings when I bought them. They are supposed to perch upstairs at
night, but they prefer to sleep on top of the nest box. The
ground floor was meant to give ground access. When I moved the
pens into a less protected area, I placed the pen on a pallet to
keep out predators. The pen is made of scraps and odds and ends
(note the refrigerator shelves for the doors). The dimensions are
2 by 4 feet by 4 feet high.
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A cleaned-up version of my double decker
design. Half of the top floor lifts out in the mornings so the
birds can be on the grass.
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Another double decker with a 4 by 4 foot
flying pen attached. I close the birds in the house at
night. |
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| This is a modified range shelter. The top
lifts off. |
Another typical double decker. Top is
segregated, so the cage is holding both a pair and a
rooster. |