Rollin' Coop: Your Feathery Friends on the Move!

Embark on an Exciting Journey: Building Your Mobile Chicken Coop on an Old Hay Wagon! In this blog, we'll guide you through the steps of transforming a humble hay wagon into a roving haven for your feathered friends. Get ready to combine the charm of a rustic wagon with the practicality of a mobile coop, creating a unique and efficient space for your chickens to thrive. Let's roll up our sleeves and turn that wagon into a haven for clucks and pecks!

Materials needed Phase I:

• 2 - 2x12x12' Pressure Treated Boards

• 12- 2x4x8' Pressure Treated Boards

• 2- 2x4x12' Pressure Treated Boards

• 2- 4'x10' Sheets of Expanded metal

• Bucket of Fence Staples

• 4-1/2" x 3" Carriage Bolts

First Step we did was knocked all of the rust and old paint off the wagon with a wire wheel and gave it a fresh coat of paint. We then mounted the 2x12's to the wagon on the frame with Carriage bolts. Once the base was complete, we ran the 2x4x8's perpendicular to the 2x12's (such as a porch) and mounted them with framing nails and joist hangers. We then mounted the 2x4x12's parallel with the 2x12's and completed the frame for the flooring. We then utilized the fence staples to fasten down the expanded metal sheets to create a floor for the feces to fall through to fertilize the ground and make for easy cleaning.

Materials for Phase II:

• 9- 4x4x6' PT Lumber

• 6- 2x4x12' PT Boards

• 12- 2x4x10' PT Boards

• 4- 2x4x8' PT Boards

• 20- 1x4x12" PT Boards

The MOST important part of this step is to make sure the trailer is on a flat and level surface.

We began this phase by framing out the walls the same as a pole barn utilizing the 4x4's. This allowed us to use less lumber on the walls to keep the weight low but still remain sturdy. We used the 12' 2x4's to build the walls on the platform and lift them up one at a time. Once the walls were framed out, we then ran the 1x4x12's to give us ridgity for the roof install and to later install our metal siding.

We attached the siding and roofing utilizing 1" roofing screws with the rubber washers. Once all sides and the roof was complete, we installed aluminum flashing on the remainder of the exposed wood. DO NOT INSTALL soffit, you will want to leave this open to keep the air circulating in this coop.

Once the coop was fully sided, we then moved to the interior of the coop. This is when we then installed roosting bars, our roll away nesting box (https://amzn.to/47vz7ur) our plywood constructed 1000lb Feeder with feed ports (https://amzn.to/3QTiG3Y) and our home made waterer using 1/2" PVC (https://amzn.to/3Gks6Rb)

We hope this helps to make your coop dreams come true! Feel free to contact us @ PineCreekValleyFarm@Gmail.com if you need anymore information. Happy Building!