Friday, March 25, 2011

Plans for Chicken House - The Bare bones and how these plans can help you

By Steven Smith


Raising chickens is a rewarding thing to do; they require little maintenance and can provide you a profit and entertainment. An obvious fact of human life is that we need an appropriate living space; this is true for chickens too. This is a fact that can simply not be overlooked. It is imperative to seek out good, workable chicken house plans. You can find a plethora of chicken house plans on the internet. These plans all tend to pick up on many of the same points.

To start out with, you will need to consider the chicken yard. A chicken needs room to move breath and feel the daylight. Chicken wire is much more advisable to use in creating the chicken pen as with regular fencing chickens can pop their heads through and become unfortunately fully susceptible to predator attacks.

Creating the roosts is equally as important as the creation of the pens. With this you have to think whether you yourself want to create the roost, or whether you want to be a thin metal one from a shop? This particular metal does not rust, however it does often have jagged edges that can cause the chickens injury. The metal option is a workable one if you consider your chickens to only be temporary residents. However if you intend to house your chickens for a long time then I personally would recommend homemade wooden roosts. These can be place on the floor or the wall, and are incredibly easy to make.

Don't start before the plans are ready! Once you have your plans you will be much more equipped. If you end up needed to make changes or put something in that isn't required, people and indeed the chickens will be able to tell, for this reason plans are imperative.

It is important that your plans are looked over and everything you require is listed before you go ahead. Make sure to follow the plans of the chicken house stringently for every step, and you'll have a fantastic chicken house before you know it. Remember to make sure that the chicken coop is large enough for all chickens that you intend it for. If you end up making it too small, then you shall have an overcrowding issue and will need to buy more coops or have to make alterations and additions to the one you built in the first place.




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