Chicken Palace

[Chicken Cat]

Here's the reality though. They might use 2 coops. They'll more likely all cram into one regardless if they comfortably fit or not. So I don't quite understand this layout with 2 coops and then a run sort of connecting them - if the overall frame is going to be 9x4 or 9x5, why not make it a single rectangle with a single larger coop (or just roosts, if your climate can support an open air set up) on one end?

Here's another reality - pecking order dictates that low ranked birds should respect a higher ranked bird's personal space, which is like a bubble around 4-5' wide. If the set up is more narrow than that (and currently all versions you've posted are only 3' wide in the run) it's more difficult for low ranked birds to safely walk past each other without setting off a chase.

Well, originally it was for quarantine. I thought it might be easier to just connect them afterwards and then the chickens get more space and options. My friend who's going to raise them with me wanted to keep them as two coops rather than combining them into one big one. That and the person whose property I'm building this on (their grandfather) said "1 ft per chicken in the coop and a 6 ft run". He also said he'll work with whatever I give him though, as long as the tractor can pull it. I do have alternative layouts, it's just that these two were the ones that were easiest to do. I'm trying to please everyone and I feel like I'm going in circles

Do you think the tractor can pull these? I can downsize to four chickens/remove the wall after quarantine.

 

[rosemarythyme]

the person whose property I'm building this on (their grandfather) said "1 ft per chicken in the coop and a 6 ft run". He also said he'll work with whatever I give him though, as long as the tractor can pull it.

Do you think the tractor can pull these? I can downsize to four chickens/remove the wall after quarantine.

I've never used a tractor set up so hopefully someone with more practical experience can help answer if this would work of not. Would probably be best if you talk to the grandfather about what a realistic load would be - I imagine something this small would be no issue for a real farm tractor but if it can manage something bigger/heavier I'd size up myself.

 

[Chicken Cat]

I've never used a tractor set up so hopefully someone with more practical experience can help answer if this would work of not. Would probably be best if you talk to the grandfather about what a realistic load would be - I imagine something this small would be no issue for a real farm tractor but if it can manage something bigger/heavier I'd size up myself.

Yeah, I was thinking that too.

 

[KyCoop]

Prefab are not designed to be chicken tractors. No matter how many braces you put on it. They are just not made well at all. A couple of moves and it's going to be twisted garbage.
Start searching for chicken tractor building plans and have someone build it for you.