Chickens Move into New Digs

Our first flock of chickens has moved out of their dogmobile brooder into their permanent henhouse.  Ross built this ultra-cool henhouse using a lot of salvaged parts like loading pallets.  It sits on a concrete slab, is predator-proof and is very well-ventilated because adult chickens are very hardy and resistant to as cold as it typically gets here.

Smart design features include a metal roof for rainwater harvest, metal panels on south and west walls to buffer prevailing winds, natural tree branches for roosting, elevated nest boxes for laying eggs and a nifty port for interface with the chicken tractor.

The girls (no roosters in this flock) took to their new home immediately and are more active with more space and windows to look out of.  They will be introduced to the tractor within a week or two, after the portable electric net fencing arrives.

Excuse me!