A more spacious home for the chicken

I admit it, the chicken tractor was more a temporary solution, a nice method to use chicken as lawn mowers, but they really need a bit more space to run and scratch. So we have fenced off a 400 m² area with a 2 m high wind break fence. In an afternoon or two I then built the chicken a new house, attached to the fence. The nestboxes can be accessed from the outside of the chicken run and the house is protected from predators with wire at the bottom.

Anemone flowering
Anemone flowering
Half way finished
Half way finished
Attaching the roof
Attaching the roof
Main entrance
Main entrance
Look inside! Roosts to sleep
Look inside! Roosts to sleep
Happy chicken
Happy chicken
Nestbox outside
Nestbox outside
Excellent layers, we usually get 4-5 eggs every day!
Excellent layers, we usually get 4-5 eggs every day!
Kiwiberries coming!
Kiwiberries coming!
Amazing how quick it grows. There was nothing visible a week ago.
Amazing how quick it grows. There was nothing visible a week ago.