Chicken Ark - Hen House - Poultry Coop

[TheJamiesjamiesjamie]

how do they lay and its small

[BongoOldChap]

@TheJamiesjamiesjamie they squat down and an egg comes out of hole called the cloaca, its a good sized house for 3 hens, I take it youve never seen battery hens then? theres loads of room upstairs if youve ever seen chickens roost, we dont recommend keeping them in here all the time, we allow ours to free range around the garden during the day and then they put themselves to bed at night

the ark is easily moved around as well onto new pasture and ground if you did decide to keep them enclosed

[FishMan266]

love the great danes.....and the coop

[yvell]

How do they breath when you close the upstairs apartment?

[thepoultrypeople]

@yvell There is a 1cm gap running along the top of the opening side the length of the ark, this provides sufficient ventilation. Because the ark is made from timber it will move with the weather and there will always be air gaps allowing sufficient ventilation but NOT large enough to be drafty.

[AlexisMasters]

I love the innovation on this ark of the hinged bottom door, but I can't tell from this video or the other one where your ventilation is. I finally found a builder who almost replicated your original "chookery" for me. We had trouble over on this side of the pond finding reasonably priced tongue and groove cedar, but eventually it all worked out. Thanks again for your wonderful videos. ~ Alexis from California

[thepoultrypeople]

What you tend to find is that the chickens like to huddle together in groups. They will sleep almost anywhere, Id try it and see how they get on and then rearrange if it doesnt work. Good luck with them.

[teenmod12]

hello. so, i am new to chicken keeping. tomorrow i am putting the cedar shakes on my chicken ark, similar to the one you have but much larger, and i am wondering about nesting. can the chickens nest in herb pots. the ones i am thinking about using are about 16 inches across, 6 inches tall, round and shaped like a large soup bowl. they are clay with a shiny earth glaze on the out side. if i put some hay in them will the chickens live in them. thx