[Carolinajim]

It is really simple and relatively inexpensive to construct.  I plan to use it for two or three hens.  It cost me about $125 USD.  Below is a picture and I put together a construction guide which can be viewed at: http://www.redbayfarm.com/chickens.html



While it may not be elegant it is light and easy to slide around the yard.

[Rosemary]

Handsome is as handsome does!

[sabrina]

Would be handy for a broody hen and her chicks when they hatched 

[Carolinajim]

A chicken snake got one of my chicks! The snake apparently slipped through the gap between the coop and the cage. 

I had used old tire to fill the gaps but the snake only needs a small opening to get in.

This AM when I opened up the hutch out popped the hen with the three white chicks.

No blackie.  So I popped open the cage and there was a chicken snake.  Blackie was a bulge.

I dispatched the snake with a blow to the head and threw it in the forest.

Time to work on my design to eliminate any gaps where the coop meets the cage.

Additionally, I had not moved the tractor in a couple of days which probably let the snake find the chicks.

Count yourself fortunate if you don't have to deal with snakes!

Here is a picture of a chicken snake my dad took which was eating a squirrel.  He heard a noise up in a pecan tree and down plopped a snake next to him.  The snake is pictured eating the squirrel.  These are actually rat snakes which eat a variety of animals including chicks and eggs.