Since I didn’t need the brooder table I made (since I built a cabinet in the coop instead), I have been using it as a work table. It is really nice because I made it counter height. The shelf is for nest boxes (when I get around to making them, it is on the list), but now that the chicks have access to nearly the whole coop and are flying higher, I needed a solution for the table top where I could use it, but the chicks couldn’t.

So I built a roof for my table. The siding is at a 45 degree angle so the chickens can’t perch on it, and are on hinges so I can open it. The sides are covered in chicken wire to also help keep the chicks out of it.

I can prop it open it to have access to the top for weighing chicks and tending wounds, but can close it so I won’t find poop deposits there.

And, just because, here is a video of chicks eating cucumber.