Chicken Arks

The Brighton 6x4, at £815. Rob's own design, and the one he says he is proudest of.

It works on two levels, with the house upstairs and the run underneath, which makes it the most space efficient way we know of keeping chickens where the garden is small. He once ran a hundred birds in Brighton coops with hardly any hassle.

The 6x4 suits four or five medium birds, rescue hens for instance, or up to six bantams including a cockerel. It will take three large fowl hens, though we would not recommend it for a large fowl cockerel. The birds get a run of 1.2m by 1.6m plus the upstairs.

A matching extension run is available if you want another 1.8m.