Chicken Caravans

Your hens deserve a safe and stress-free nights’ sleep. When they’re roosting in a portable chicken coop, they are protected from dogs, stoats, ferrets and other animals that would harass, harm or even kill them.

Your hens need a place to get out of the rain, hail, snow and wind that can make outdoor life unpleasant in New Zealand. A portable chicken shelter gives them four sturdy walls and a strong roof over their heads to get warm and comfortable.

Portable chicken shelters provide a dedicated, comfortable place for your hens to roost. Not only does this make it easier to clean by focusing all of their nighttime waste in a single place, but it also allows your hens to roost in their preferred social hierarchy, reducing the amount of arguing and fighting.

Better eggs are the result of comfortable, stress-free laying. A portable chicken coop provides all the space your hens need to produce their eggs, with carefully-designed tilted nest boxes that keep your chicken happy and make egg collection a breeze.

Ever wanted to let the dogs exercise outside but then found them harassing your birds? They might just want to play and won’t do any harm, but this is an easy way to stress out your flock. A chicken coop gives you a place to confine your hens when there are dangers you want to keep them out of, or just want to separate some of the old or sick birds from the rest of the flock while they rest.

Our portable chicken coops come as kitsets, delivered to your nearest Toll transport depot. These come with everything you need to put the coop together, from the framing to the fixings to the instructions. Our smaller chicken coops are perfect for a DIY project, while our large kits will need a bit more man power to lift and position the heavier parts over the course of just a few days. Our kitsets will get you up and running fast.

This is the big one! Portable chicken coops are designed to be easily moveable, requiring only a 4x4, a 4WD or a few strong volunteers to move from place to place. This means that if you want to move your flock to a different pasture, their shelter can come with them easily. The same can be said if you want to move home - all you need is a trailer or a hiab truck for the larger chicken coops. And if you find you don’t need your coop anymore? The portability means you can sell it on without having to deconstruct it first, putting some of your initial coop investment cash back in your pocket.

Chickens will naturally fertilise your garden and land as they move around. By moving the coop every so often, you get a more balanced level of fertilisation.

If you leave a coop or the chickens in the same place for too long, the grass will slowly die off. Moving them means they have time to recover, and avoids bare patches in your garden.

If you have a portable chicken coop without a floor, the chickens can use the underneath as bedding instead, meaning you don’t have to change it out as often.