Here is a picture of our chicken hoop house that we recently built. I guess it is really a hoop hen house, as we plan to use it for chickens that we will free range during the day. (So, it will contain some hens, a rooster, and a few guineas.) You might say that it is Wolf Hill Hen Hoop House 1.0.
It originally had a green tarp, but we ordered a red tarp to match our barn, front door, and the buckets we made into nesting boxes. I have also (since taking this picture) hung the waterer and feeder from the cattle panels. Accordingly, I guess we are technically up to Wolf Hill Hen Hoop House 1.2.
The above video is of me discussing this our first try at building a hoop house. There are lots of plans on the Internet, but we used the plans found on the Kentucky College of Agriculture website here.
Our plan is to put these in strategic locations around the farm where we want chicken and guinea activity in the fields and then move them around only occasionally. We plan to build at least a couple more, and I have some ideas to improve the design. So, I will post again soon with Wolf Hill Hen Hoop House 2.0!
