Chicken coops plans

Chicken arks, hen houses, chicken coops, chicken houses of all sorts and sizes: wooden kits, plastic ready-made, delightful mini houses, mobile arks and tractors,

We’re here to help. We found it bewildering when we started to keep chickens, and our friends did too, so we’ve collected information and reviews about what’s available – the good, the bad, the beautiful, and and the ugly …

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 …

Have you ever thought of raising chickens as a way to supplement your family food? It’s a good idea for frugal living and it can work well for you in the country as well as the city.

If you like chicken meat, you’ll be able to raise some of the biggest and best you have ever had. If you like chicken eggs, then you’ll be even more pleased at the potential outcome of raising your own flock …

Egg producers may want to cull poor performing hens from their laying flocks. Poultry breeders consider egg production as well as other qualities when selecting breeding stock. Contestants in poultry judging contests judge classes of egg production hens and pullets by placing the birds in order of their laying performance as indicated by body characteristics. The ability to recognize and …

The Araucanas come in all colors. Many of the chicks are marked like chipmunks.

I hatch Araucanas almost all year round. Most are for sale locally (straight run) for $1.00 each.

I like to study genetics and there are some neat things you can breed for when raising chickens.

Did you know: When you breed a Rhode Island Red rooster to a set of Silver Lace Wyandotte hens and then incubate …

Decide on what type of hen house to have and draw up plans for it. The hen house should be centrally located either in the middle of the pen or along one of the fences. There can be pop doors on each side to allow the chickens access to different yards if there are more than one. There are many good plans for chicken houses in books and on the web. They range from simple open-fronted, lean-to, …

Poultry equipment helps those who raise birds that are kept for human needs. Chickens are the most widely recognized type of poultry, but the category also extends to turkeys, ducks, guinea fowl, geese, and sometimes to larger birds such as ostriches, emus and rheas. Some of these birds are killed for their meat and feathers, while others are primarily used for laying eggs.

A chicken feeder is …

My 9-5 is working as an engineer in the truss industry.

I routinly check designs with clear spans of 80+ feet.

Ag type trusses commonly come in 30-60′ 4-8′ OC single ply.

There are virtually no clear span limits, but note most truss tables (the tables trusses are built on) are only sold up to about 80′

a few exist in the 100′ range.

a 120′ clear span feild splice is possible, …

Most of todays meat-type breeds of chickens are not really breeds at all. Instead, they are hybrid varieties or combinations of many different breeds. The combinations of breeds are selected to produce a variety or strain with meat characteristics that the producer desires most. Some breeds grow faster and larger while others emphasis traits like larger breast meat yield, more efficient feed …

I would start out by using a trough feeder for young chicks and buy a bucket type feeder when they get bigger. A good rule of thumb is to provide one inch of space per chick and three inches of space per chicken.

If you do decide to use a trough feeder make sure it has a rolled lip on the edge to prevent spilling and a bar on top of the trough that rolls, preventing chickens from roosting on …