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Homemade Mobile Poultry Shelter
Homemade Mobile Poultry Shelter

Dru Peter's Sunnyside Farm eggs come from laying hens housed in 15 Homemade Mobile Poultry Shelter, each accommodating about 25 birds. The 10- by 5-foot, A-frame-shaped shelters consist of pressure-treated 2 x 4s to which are stapled 1- by 2-inch hardware cloth, the top half of the "A" covered with a heavy canvas tarp. A 12-foot or more pressure-treated 2 x 6 is affixed to the longwise 2 x 4 on each side. Running through those 2 x 6s is a pipe axle with T-fittings onto which the wheels are mounted. Attached to the axle on both sides via another set of T's are 6-foot pipes bent to near-vertical position. To move the pen, a rope attached to another set of T's near the top of the two pipes is pulled downward angling them to a horizontal position; this raises the pen up on its wheels so it can be rolled forward. Inside are roosts mounted under the tarp and a nesting box in the back with a pull-out drawer for egg collection. The bottom, sides, and ends are left open for ventilation and sunlight.

Estimated Cost Cost range: See below

Limitations Limitations Addressed by Product: Lower extremity, Upper extremity, Strength/endurance, Back


SourceAdapted from Farm Show Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 5
Dru Peters
Sunnyside Farm
Emailsunnysidedru@gmail.com
Est. Cost$300 plus labor
Last updated: Oct 16, 2020


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