How to build a chicken house

Like the idea of keeping fowl and want them to safely forage on your grassed area? Then build this chook tractor! It’s basically a coop on wheels, with an open bottom, and is light enough to move to a new patch of grass every day. By building a mobile henhouse you can control where your chickens scratch, dig, eat weeds and fertilise without ruining your whole lawn. And, if comfy, the hens will deliver quality eggs almost every day. This A-frame chicken coop costs about $200 in materials and should take about a weekend to make. The structure is simple with internal angles all 60° and only a saw, protractor, pencil, hammer and drill required, although a sliding bevel may be handy. This design can be easily adapted for a rabbit or guinea pig hutch – just add a ramp to the nesting level.