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Daily Relocation of the Mobile Coop

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What happens here

The presenter demonstrates the daily task of moving the mobile coop. The coop, built in a 'Salatin-style' design, has wooden skids on the back to facilitate dragging it across the ground. A rope is attached to the front of the coop, allowing the user to pull it forward to a new, fresh section of grass. A common issue is that birds can sometimes get caught under the back frame of the coop if not managed carefully during the move.

Goal: Learn the daily process of moving the mobile chicken coop across the lawn to provide fresh foraging areas and distribute manure.

Tools and materials

  • Mobile Chicken Coop
  • Rope

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move them here okay so you're about to see one of the major challenges that you're faced with when you have this Salatin style mobile coop here and basically it's a little mobile cooking we just drag it throughout the yard when we get done moving them I'll show you the areas the little paddocks or squares where the birds have been for the last few days basically the way we move this it has skis on the back of it and mounted and we'll just grab this little rope off of my bill pretty little purse and we'll grab this rope and we'll just give it a tug okay and it's pretty easy to move just give it a little tug but the worst problem you have with these mobile coups is that the birds will get hung up on this back row so the coop tends to

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