Tuesday, May 3, 2011

What You Need To Consider When Constructing A Chicken Coop

By Barbara Hayward


Before jumping to any decision on what coop is best for your needs, you might want to deliberate first on the many considerations that are necessary for constructing own chicken coops at home. These may include the amount of work and the monetary aspects that you are going to spend. Following are added information regarding these factors affecting such plan.

Financial Aspect Have you spared some cash for this activity? You should be able to budget a good amount of money if you want to achieve a good kind of chicken coop. And since it involve monetary aspects, it is best if you deliberate on this more. If you then have prepared about a hundred dollars for this, then you can get a chicken tractor or ark. Either coop can hold a small number of chickens and is 16-20 square feet. Most large coops have nests installed for the chickens to lounge.

If you can spare $200 and up from your budget, then you can freely choose from medium to large coops, and even get yourself a Premium sized chicken coop. This kind of expenditure is usually good for those serious people and farmers out there who are willing to commit to such venture. IF you are not able to, then you this is not for you.

Number of Chickens to Size of Coops You might already be thinking what type of coop to have with the first aspect mentioned. But the size of the chicken coop is as important as the monetary aspect of building one. If you intend to rear only 2-3 chickens, a smaller coop is what you need. But raising 6-8 chickens will require you a bigger coop since it can hold up more chickens with its 30- 40 square feet of space. But if you are planning to take care of 10 chickens or more, then you should consider yourself having a Premium sized chicken coop for that matter.

Place Where You Live Your residential are will actually affect the coop you must have around the house. People living in big cities prefer to have coops that are visually inviting and be proud of; though rural areas don't find this very necessary.

Never place your coops near your neighbors' house. They might not like the noise your flock will make. So keep this in mind and consider this also as you venture on your project.




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