Rolling Chicken House

Now that the first step of the house is done, designs are being made for the walls and roof.

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The above untreated boards are going to be sealed with dad’s saturating primer for all weather protection.

The whole reason a rolling house is being built compared to a permanent house is because of 2 important reasons for our egg farm: 1. Access to fresh foraging nutrition. 2. Keeping chickens on fresh grass reduces disease.

Many people talk about the permanent chicken barn. We will have a barn for equipment, supplies, food, brooding and breeding, but once pullets are feathered out they go into a rolling house.

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