A chicken ark is simple to build and works well for up to 4-6 chickens, and is the sensible solution if you do not want a permanent hen house. The flexibility of being able to move it around your plot can be very important.

But if you’d like a permanent hen house that’s as simple to build as the ark design, these hen house plans are ideal as there are complete easy-to-build plans for three types of chicken coop. As well as the moveable chicken ark, it also has plans and instructions for an exteremely simple but effective hen house.

The hen house has a large enclosed run, secure space for the hens to roost as well as easy to access nest boxes so you can collect the eggs from outside the hen house.

If you decide on the hen house, you can tuck it away in a corner of your yard or garden and then you could make the Chicken Ark as well, to provide a sheltered run that can be moved around. It could also be a good solution if you have problems with one chicken being pecked, are introducing new chickens to your flock, or are rearing chicks, so they have alternative accommodation until they can be integrated into your main flock.

The design in the plans is similar to the one below which sells for £300/$470 - so even if you had to buy all the materials, (although it’s often possible to make use of bit and pieces you may already have), you’d still be able to build your own (including the plans) for around a quater of the price.

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