A Chicken Ark – Just One Weekend and Three Chickens Equals Beautiful Eggs For Years to Come

Keeping chickens is simple and very rewarding. The easiest way to get started on a small scale is to build a chicken ark. These are the triangular shaped coops that can be moved around (which is why they’re sometimes called chicken tractors).

In just one weekend you could get set up with a chicken ark and three laying hens – who will start lying eggs soon after they are settled in. Chicken arks are straightforward to build, even if you haven’t got advanced woodworking skills, if you have a good set of plans and instructions.

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