Build this movable shelter for your pastured poultry . . .

Build your Portable Chicken Coop with these plans from New Terra Farm

Before we show you the portable chicken coop we use for raising meat birds on New Terra Farm, (there's some pictures further down the page) here's a little background for comparison.

You may have seen the review of another portable chicken coop elsewhere in these pages. That coop was certainly sturdily-built, and would keep your birds secure.

However, you may recall we quibbled a bit about the construction methods used. The design was an A-frame construction, which required strong framing and bracing to support the weight of the coop.

Building that coop would also be quite expensive; I would compare this to the expense of building a small garden shed.

The steel roof, as well as adding cost, also made the coop quite heavy. (To be fair, the author/builder discusses this in his article and does a good job of explaining his choices).

We chose a different approach when building our portable coop. We used much lighter framing, and a tarp roof to shelter the birds. The tarp is quite a bit larger than the coop, and can be secured to provide shade and shelter when the birds are outside the coop.

In the picture below is the coop we use to raise 200-300 meat birds each year on the farm. We raise them in batches of 100, and do 2 or 3 batches each year, depending on how busy we are with other stuff.

I did not include wheels on my design; I use a hand-truck (dolly) to move it quite easily to fresh ground each week. This takes about a minute.

When I want to move it to a whole new field (which I do once a year) me and a couple friends lift the whole thing up and put it on my hay wagon. A smaller version could be moved in the back of a pick-up or on a trailer.

The New Terra Farm Movable Coop holds 100 birds

Here's why it's a good design for the new chicken grower

Suzie moving the Coop to new ground

Since (as you may have read elsewhere on this site) I consider it my 'mission' to grow farmers as well as food, I often make valuable information I have learned available to new farmers and others considering a small farm life.

So I decided to write up the plan and instructions to build my Movable Coop so others can start a profitable pastured poultry business too.

And, I've included in the package instructions for building my Heated Broody boxes; this is the same design we have used for years to raise dozens of batches of meat bird chicks until they are old enough to go into the Movable Coop.

Day-old chicks in the New Terra Farm Broody Boxes

Now get plans for the Movable Coop and the Broody Boxes

The Movable Coop Plan Book from New Terra Farm

Get the plans to build my Movable Coop and heated Broody Boxes and get started raising your own flock of pastured poultry. And, as with all my books, you have my personal guarantee:

Buy 'The Movable Coop Plan Book' and study it for up to one full year. If you aren't absolutely excited and already planning your own small farm flock, or are unsatisfied for any reason, I'll return your payment, no questions asked.

I think I want it, but what's it cost?

Click on 'add to cart' to buy The Movable Coop Plan Book risk-free. You can use your credit card or your Paypal balance to make the purchase. The Movable Coop Plan Book is an ebook, so you will be able to download it immediately after purchase. You can get started building your own Movable Coop with no waiting for a physical book to be shipped

Learn how to care for your flock with the 'How to Raise Meat Chickens Handbook' from New Terra Farm


SPECIAL OFFER: Get the " How to Raise Meat Chickens Book and Plan Book Combo Pack" and Save