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Regenerative Farmer's Innovative Mobile Chicken Coop #chickens #farming #farmer

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Video by Stoney Ridge Farmer

Stoney Ridge Farmer

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This video showcases the features and benefits of a custom-built mobile chicken coop, ingeniously repurposed from an old hay wagon. While the video briefly illustrates stages of construction, including wood milling and frame assembly, it primarily focuses on the functional aspects of the completed coop, such as roll-out nest boxes and an automatic door. The farmer explains the advantages of regularly moving the coop for pasture sanitization, fly larvae control, and natural fertilization. Note: This video depicts the custom construction and operation of a mobile chicken coop, which deviates from the requested category of "Lawn & Garden > Garden Structures & Fencing > Garden Shed Construction > Garden Shed Assembly with Prefab Kits". The steps provided detail the features and operational benefits shown in the video.

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I think the chickens kind of like the cows. The cows are coming over and the chickens are going toward them. I think they're friends now. Uh this is an old hay wagon that I built into a mobile coupe. Uh we're going to check this side, too. See if we have any uh eggs in our roll out nest box. These are hind gear rollout nest boxes. Nope, we do not. The chickens tend to congregate underneath the coupe right here. Automatic chicken coupe door that opens in the morning, closes after dark. Keeps the critters from eating my critters. This is an old hay wagon that I built. Gosh, the cows are annoying, aren't they? Let me get back here. Hide. Let's see. Did it work? No, it didn't work. Anyway, I moved this. It started way over there and I move it about every week, maybe every two weeks. You can see this is where it was a week ago. The grass dies out, but eventually it comes back and it comes back much, much greener. So, they're pasture sanitizers. They scratch through the cow poop, they eat the fly larvae, and they fertilize the pasture. And this is one of the least nutrientdense portions of pasture that I have. Let's get these cows moved over to the new pasture.

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