Portable Poultry Coops – The Pros And Cons Of Developing A Portable Chicken Coop

by Johnny Will on May 28, 2010

Let’s kick off with what your portable chicken coop actually is. Well, this is essentially a chicken coop which can on occasion be moved to different places. You can move your chicken coop around to a shady area at times when it is awfully hot and vice versa.

Let’s begin with the positives first. This coop is a lot cheaper to get. You can get it for around 100 bucks. If you build one, you can spend less than this! So if you are feeling the pinch of the economic crunch, this coop is the solution to your prayers.

The subsequent advantage is that, a conveyable chicken coop is pretty easy to maintain. Since these coops are movable, you chickens will soil a certain patch of grass and after they are done you can move your coop to another patch. This way the crap act as fertilizers for your soil and you don’t also have to worry about cleaning up your coop.

These coops will also give you extremely quick access to your eggs that your chickens lay. Now another benefit is that your chickens consume your pests which are there in the grass. So you do not have to spend dollars and dollars on insecticides, you’ve got your own pest controller available.

Now along with these there are quite a few negative points. The first is that, the quantity of chickens you can keep here are limited. You will be able to keep up to around four chickens. So if you have more you’re going to have to buy another portable chicken coop which will take you back with your position.

Now these coops also don’t have proper ceramic flooring. So they become a prey for hungry predators. Thus your portable coop isn’t as safe for your chickens as the, normal coops are. So you may just lose a few chickens in the act of saving money with this coop.

The security of your chickens should be the very first thing bothering you. So these portable chicken coops don’t provide much security for your chickens. So you need to keep these advantages and disadvantages in your brain before you actually think about going in for a conveyable coop.

Better resources on building chicken coop at Build Chicken Coop and How To Build A Small Chicken House