Chicken Caravan 10

Less Cleaning

Forget needing to spend some of your Saturday every week cleaning your chicken coop. Designed with a mesh floor where a lot of the poop falls through to the ground, being movable and your hens being able to roam outside, the Chicken Caravan 10 does not need weekly cleaning.  Shaking the nesting mats out and giving it a hose or pressure wash every now and then is all that's needed.   

Auto Open and Close Main Door

No more getting up early every morning, or late night runs to lock your hens in. The main door automatically opens in the morning and closes at night on the times that you have set via the solar powered control box. It takes away the constant pressure of waking up at the crack of dawn for morning let outs or rushing home in the dark just to shut the coop. By managing the routine schedule for you, it makes keeping chickens significantly easier.

Clean Eggs

With the roll-away design and automatic bird excluder gates on the nesting boxes, you get consistently clean eggs. Simply level the caravan using the jockey wheel, and your eggs will safely roll from where they are laid down to a collection area that the hens can't reach. The automatic excluder gates on the nesting box, closes in the afternoon and reopens in the morning, stopping your flock from roosting in the nests overnight. The mats are easy to clean and there is no straw to dig through looking for eggs. This keeps the nesting area tidy and your eggs cleaner, too. 

Food And Water Onboard

No need to top your food and water up every day or drag the feeders and waterers around with the caravan.  There is a large capacity feeder on board, with the fill point on the roof near the solar panel.  The chickens access the feed from under the caravan, where it is kept out of the rain. And there is an easy to fill, large water drum with a bullet drinker attached, on the A-frame. When you move your chicken coop, they go with it. 

Less Rodents

Keep the rodents at bay from eating your chickens food. There is an automatic cover that closes on the feeder when the main door closes, and re-opens in the morning, when the main door opens.  This helps to keep the rodents coming back for a nightly feed. You get to save money and minimise frustrating pest problems without adding a single extra chore to your daily routine.

Solar Powered

 Automation

 All of the caravan's automated features are powered by an internal battery and managed through a central control box. The battery is continuously charged by a roof-mounted solar panel, making the system entirely off-grid and eliminating the need to run cables to mains power. This user-friendly control box is easily programmable, allowing you to set custom schedules for all automated functions to best suit your local environment and seasonal daylight hours.

Mobile And Easy To Move

Easily move the Caravan around your yard or paddock and stop your grass being turned to dirt. It can be pulled by hand with the handle that stows away on the A frame, or with a quad bike, lawn mower or even a golf cart that has a 50mm hitch. Surround it with some portable fencing and you can stop your grass from becoming dirt, fertilise your lawn, and have healthier hens that can access fresh grass. 

Predator Protection

The floor of the Chicken Caravan 10 features double mesh throughout, aside from the entrance. This is specifically designed to help prevent a fox from pulling a hen through the floor if she happens to be roosting there, rather than on the perch after the door closes at night. We also recommend keeping the caravan inside an electric chicken fence to add an extra layer of protection against those pesky foxes.

Soft Close Sensor Door

Protect your hens from accidental injury with the intelligent soft close main door on the Chicken Caravan 10. We know that hens can occasionally dawdle or sit in the entrance at dusk. If a bird is blocking the doorway while it is shutting, the built in safety sensor will immediately detect the obstruction. The door will gently stop, automatically reopen to allow the hen to move safely out of the way, and then attempt to close again a few moments later, repeating until it has closed. 

Keep Your Hens Cooler

The Chicken Caravan 10 is equipped with several structural and automated features to manage internal temperatures. A thermostatically controlled extraction fan, located in the roof and accessible beneath the solar panel, actively draws out hot air. Additional ventilation and temperature control are provided by light coloured exterior, a mesh floor, and side windows that open to expose ventilation cut-outs. Together, these systems maintain a cooler environment for the flock on warmer nights. For further summer cooling strategies, please refer to our dedicated blog post.

Hot Dipped Galvanised Chassis

Invest in a mobile coop built to outlast the elements. Unlike traditional wooden coops that quickly rot, warp, and harbour pests, all of our Chicken Caravans are constructed on heavy duty hot dipped galvanised steel chassis'. This is around 4 times thicker than pre galvanised steel.  Why do we include this? Because we learnt very quickly just how corrosive chook manure can be.  This will allow your caravan to last much longer against corrosive chook manure and the elements.

Internal Light

 Maximise your egg production year round by usingthe  solar powered internal lighting. As natural daylight decreases during the shorter winter months, this clever system provides artificial light to encourage your hens to keep laying consistently. While it is fantastic for maintaining a steady egg supply, you might choose to skip this upgrade to allow your flock a natural winter rest and moult, which supports their long term health. Always check your local regulations first, as some governing bodies prohibit the use of artificial lighting to alter natural laying cycles.