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Why would anyone want to build their own chicken coop?

With all this new green living that's getting very popular we decided to get into it. So we started growing our own vegetables, the potatoes and carrots were great so the next step has to be keeping chickens and to keep these fine animals we are going to need somewhere to house them and then it came down to me and google and the question, how to build a chicken coop?.

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Building A Chicken House
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Why build one when you can buy one without the hassle?

Firstly having chickens around will have great benefits. Eggs. Eggs are the name of the game. Having fresh organic freerange egg supply every day will be great and as well as that chickens will eat up leftover food ( good quality food you are what you eat thats why battery eggs are bad for you and freerange eggs are good for you) and give us some great fertilizer for our vegetable garden.

So why build a chicken house instead of buying one premade. Simple all the premade chicken coups or runs are flat packed and have to put together anyway so we went the whole hog and decided to build it ourselves

A good chicken run can keep predators out

A well built chicken coup will keep this fox out

Foxes are very like humans, we both like chickens

To build a chicken coop you will need blueprints

With the right building plans you will have a chicken run to be proud of

Ok with these plans you will be able to build a chicken coop but it will need a little bit of effort. With this building a chicken coup ebook you will get complete plans and blueprints to build your chicken coop or house. You will also get what materials you will need in the lines of wood and mesh for each of the plans you go for and depending on the size of the coup and if you want to for a Portable chicken coop or mid sized house or whatever you like.

Also in this ebook you will find everything you need to know before you start building as in what kind of tools (nothing fancy hammer, saw, tape) along with a complete check list so that you cant really go wrong in your hen house building efforts.

You will also find in this book that when you decided to become a chicken father or mother you will need to know how to breed chickens and how to look after young chicks. Then theirs the daily duties that come with chickens and what to do if your chickens where to become ill. There is also more information on what to feed your chickens and more importantly what not to feed your chicken and of course how best to keep your chickens safe in their coup away form predators such as foxes and hawks and all manor of beasts that want to an easy meal.

You will find some great tips on how to care for your chickens which is very valuable as alot of people interested in this are probably beginners and will need this kind of information, like what kind of breeds of chicken for your climate where to site your chicken coup.

So is it difficult to build your own hen house. Well if your like me and when it comes to d.i.y i'm a total disaster it took me a little time and effort and a bit of bad langauge but because of the blueprints are easy to follow i got there in the end.

Chicken houses on amazon

All kinds of chicken stuff for you to buy

Build chicken house

A video showing different kinds of coups and chicken runs

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3 Tips For your Hen House Plans and Blueprints

3 things to think about before you start building your hen house

3 Great Tips For Your Chicken Coup or Hen House Plans

You might believe when you take on a project such as building your own chicken coup that it might be hard. Although there is a little effort involve its not that difficult when you take into consideration a few things, such which kind of chicken house blueprints you are going to use and the size of your new hen house you will have a good plan to get you started and you wont get lost on the way. Here are some great tips to help you build the best chicken coup that you can be proud of.

The size of your hen house

The first thing you need to known is what size of chicken coup do you need. For this you will have to ask yourselves some simple questions like
How many chickens am I likely to keep in the future?
How many eggs do I want some theses as opposed to roasting birds?
How many birds all together if its over 8 then a small coup is not a good idea as it would reduce the amount of eggs layed, a medium or large coup would be better.

Ventilation and light

Good ventilation is key as if you live is hot or warm climate your hen house can get very hot and without the proper ventilation it will become uncomfortable and smelly with in turn can reduce your egg count. Good ventilation will also make it easier to clean the chicken house as it wont be as dirty and smelly as it would be if your ventilation was poor.

Light, your chickens love light and will reward you with eggs and whatever else you want off of them if you keep them happy and natural light and lots of will keep them happy, so you so try to locate your coup in a light source or if it simply is not possible give them some kind of artificial light to bask in.

Feeding your chickens

Feeding your chickens is of course the most important part of this whole thing. Your chicken will need to be feed and then they will give you eggs, great but if you don't plan this part of coup out then the feeding of your chickens can be very time consuming, so it is very important that you following your plans well.

So if you want to build your own chicken house then will need some plans or if you want more information click how to build a chicken coup

To hold chickens you will need a chicken coup. A lot of work for a few eggs

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Hey this my first lens on chicken coup's, let me know what you think

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bohnanza22 Mar 25, 2011 @ 1:28 pm | delete

Good information, I have been raising chickens for 5 years now. I have some lenses on building chicken coops that you might find interesting. Thanks.

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I think the information here is very interesting and useful, I have a few lenses that are chicken and poultry related that you may find useful... Thanks again,
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Really good buy, highly recommended.

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VictoriaTwead Jun 3, 2009 @ 1:33 am | delete

I keep chickens, (just 6) and I love eggs, so this lens was of great interest to me, as I have 2 chicken related lenses. I think your lens is very informative - and I love that fox photo! 5*
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How to Build a Chicken Coop or Chicken House

Why would anyone want to build their own chicken coop?

Contents at a Glance

Contents at a Glance

Building A Chicken House

Why build one when you can buy one without the hassle?

A good chicken run can keep predators out

A well built chicken coup will keep this fox out

To build a chicken coop you will need blueprints

With the right building plans you will have a chicken run to be proud of

Chicken houses on amazon

All kinds of chicken stuff for you to buy

Build chicken house

A video showing different kinds of coups and chicken runs

3 Tips For your Hen House Plans and Blueprints

3 things to think about before you start building your hen house

To hold chickens you will need a chicken coup. A lot of work for a few eggs

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How to build a mobile hen house

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