Archive for the ‘Chicken Ark’ Category

The Chicken Ark’s aim is to help you get the best house for your chickens. We guide you through the different types of coops, downloadable plans, complete kits and the ranges of ready-made hen houses, both simple and elaborate.
Easy-to-build Downloadable Chicken Ark Plans
Plus a Complete Guide to Keeping Chickens
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OK, so you’ve been toying with the idea of keeping chickens, but you’re unsure whether you’ll want to commit long-term - and reluctant to invest too much in a swanky chicken coop. Chicken arks can be great for beginners because they are cheap, are just right a small flock of three or four hens and [...]

Chickens are naturally clean. If their living conditions are ideal with enough space and the coop is kept clean, your chickens will usually look pretty good.
Because a Chicken Ark is designed to be moved around, the chickens get new ground to peck and graze, and to find dry spots to take a dust bath. [...]

Keeping chickens is easy and very rewarding. I still love going out to the chicken ark and collecting, warm, fresh eggs. My ‘girls’ are so entertaining, too. Each one is a different character and sometimes I just stop to listen while they quietly cluck away, or watch them scratching around while the sun [...]

Chickens are social animals and like company. They also establish a hierarchy within the flock – this is where the term ‘pecking order’ comes from - which can lead to bullying and pecking. Around the time they are molting, this can be a particular problem as chickens without a complete covering of feathers [...]

The basic triangular shape of the chicken ark (or chicken tractor as they’re often called), allows for a wide range of permutations of size and proportions. As a guide, each chicken needs two square feet of ground and a nine inch wide space on a perch for roosting. Adjust your measurements to suit the number [...]