We use to have hens as kids.  Mum would buy old battery hens, drive them back home in a huge refrigerator box and they roamed all over our little farm.  Then it was time to put them in what we called the ‘hen run’ (which by the way was about the same size as half a tennis court). They also had a large coop, which Mum use to shovel out regularly and re-lay fresh sawdust that Dad kept from the wood heap. The Cocorico coop here is more for the small yard owner who still wants a few chickens, or bantams (we had those too;  oh, and baby chickens!).   Where was I… oh yes…I have to say, our hens wouldn’t have liked such a small ‘hen house’ – and where do you begin with the cleaning!

I have no idea where to get one, but take a look here at more pics.  All very mod and cool!

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