Everyone talks about chickens needing a coop, but a coop is really just the box that chickens sleep in at night. Some of the trickiest parts of chicken-keeping revolve around all the things outside that box, which I call their habitat: feeders, waterers, the pen, and more.
So let’s start with the chicken habitat. This section offers some short, doable, inexpensive innovations that will save you a lot of time compared to standard chicken-keeping practices. Building your chicken habitat will also help you get your skills up to speed for the bigger project of building that box for your chickens to sleep in.