These hog rings hold the portable chicken pen together. Photo courtesy MATTHEW T. STALLBAUMER 4 / 4. Chickens that have access to fresh pasture produce safer, tastier and more nutritious eggs.

Undaunted, Long next designed an ultra-sturdy coop, MOTHER’s Mighty Chicken-Mobile, in 2011’s Build an Affordable, Portable and Predator-Proof Chicken Coop.It’s sized to fit on a raised ...

About a quarter-century ago, American farmer Joel Salatin pioneered a portable chicken coop that allowed chickens to graze on new pastures every day. At the time, most chickens were crammed in ...

Egg Cart’n’s chicken tractors are portable chicken pens that allow chickens to have a fresh grazing area each day. The large wheels and lifting system move the less than 400-pound hutch to a ...

Founded 12 years ago, Rent the Chicken provides customers with two egg-laying hens, a portable chicken coop, up to 200 pounds of feed, food and water dish and a book on taking care of chickens.

She lives in Statesville and keeps the portable chicken coop in her yard where she can get fresh eggs each day. ... He said the average person could build a chicken coop for about $200.