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Build a Door and Close in the Coop
How to Build a Movable Chicken Coop or Chicken Tractor

The door to a movable chicken coop, propped open with a plastic step-in fence post.

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You will probably want to be able to close the coop doors at night and move the chickens while contained in the coop early in the morning. It's also a good idea to be able to shut the hens in for selection of specific chickens for culling or other purposes (such as isolating a sick hen).

Build a simple lightweight frame with a cross support for the door, then staple chicken wire to it and to the frame of the tractor on both ends, or all four sides - whatever your design calls for. We used flat metal braces to hold the corners of the door together.

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