Chicken coops plans

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Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of Part 1 of our guide to building chicken coops, which starts on this chicken coop guide. We’ve previously discussed chicken coop size requirements, the basics of chicken coops, and chicken coop ventilation. If you’ve missed the first part, …

Hi, I’m Judy Pangman, author of Chicken Coops. I want to thank Thomas P. Schoenborn and M. Boettcher for reading my book and posting reviews on Amazon.com. In response to their comments, we are correcting the description of the book to make it clear that the building plans in the book do require some construction knowledge on the part of the reader.

I wanted to clarify what the book is and …

May 19, 2009Allene Reynolds

Keeping chickens as pets has, in the past few years, become very popular. They are practical because they eat insects, useful because they lay eggs, and are lots of fun to watch. Three or four hens scratching about and singing for their supper makes for pleasant contentment. But where do you keep them?

Housing the Chickens

There are many plans, from …

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Feeding Backyard Chickens: It is crucially important to feed your backyard chickens the right feed for their purpose (e.g. egg-layers eat different feed than meat birds) and their age (e.g. chicks require different feed than pullets). Follow our easy tips on feeding chickens to ensure your flock gets the nutrients it …

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When I originally began building chicken coops many years ago I made my share of mistakes. My initial chicken coop was manufactured in a location with poor water drainage, making the ground mucky each time there was rain. My birds were less healthy and the eggs were constantly dirty and required cleaning. In addition, it was as much as 5 times larger than it needed to be which made it 5 times as …

Building Chicken Coops – How Much Space Do Chickens Need?

Many beginning chicken raisers think they need lots of room to raise chickens. However, it doesn’t take much backyard space to produce your own eggs or meat. When you think about building chicken coops their size will depend on how many birds you’ll be raising, the type of bird, and the housing system you choose. Since the …

Once you have decided to build a chicken coop or run, the next decision to be made is where to build it. As with everything a little planning up front will save you some heartache at the back end, so here are some tips for you.

Build it close to your house if possible. You want to do this because it enables you to keep and eyes on the chickens (and if you are like me ensure that your 5 year …

Before starting to build the coop, you need to make sure the land you want to build on is level and landscaped properly. You have two options here, you can either landscape an area of land that you really want to build the chicken coop on or you can look for a piece of land that will already work well to build on without having to landscape at all.

The latter option is going to be cheaper …

A chicken house or a chicken coop is a structure used to keep various chicken breeds. Chicken houses generally have nest boxes for hens to lay eggs and perches for these birds to rest on. Coops meant for breeding meat birds are different as they don’t have these features of a chicken coop. Though you can make a chicken house from a wide range of materials, ranging from PVC pipes to ready made …