Have you thought about building a chicken coop? As the economy situation in our country stays at a low rate of recovery, lots of folk are looking for paths to save on groceries and other stuff to tighten their budgets. One of the ways to save is to raise your own chickens and supply some good old fashion fresh eggs and some fried chicken. Building a chicken coop can be fast and easy.
Let us take a look at some ideas. All you really need to have for a chicken pen is some lumber wire and nails. Chickens do not have to have much space and they stay in one place hunting and pecking at the ground for food all day without needing to walk off if they've got some type of blockage. Your chicken wire fence doesn't need to be electrified or have barbed wire it just has to be a standard wire fence and the chickens won't try a great escape of any type.
The very first thing when building a chicken coop has an easy plan to follow and on that plan there should be an issue of space. Chickens have no need for a large amount of space it is correct but how many chickens are you planning to have in your chicken ranch? The issue of how much space you require for your coop is in the quantity of chickens being raised. A 5'x5 ' coop can simply house 10 chickens and produce your weekly egg wants for your folks. But if you've got the space for more and wish to raise some fryers you need to use the formula of 1 chicken for every square foot and your chickens will be very ecstatic in that space (I suspect this to be true).
The next thing to consider is the fence posts if you're going with an open air style coop this kind of coop in its simplest form only needs 4 posts and a simple door and frame combo with a latch. Next you will have to connect the chicken wire round the fringe of the coop, steadily from one side of the door opening.
Make sure you're nailing the chicken wire as you go till you reach the opposite side of the door opening and nail it off at the door post. When arranging the gate on its hinges allow for a slight slope. I know all of the carpenters out there are groveling when I say that but from experience I have walked away from my coop in a hurry and forgot to shut the coop gate and my chickens wandered away and paid a visit to my neighbor's yard. If you're going to make allowance for leaving your house for some time, and you actually want to have reassurance put a latch and a lock on the gate and you are done.
A nice straightforward lean two cover with 3 sides and a sloped roof will be enough to keep off the bad weather and give protection from the sun and allow a spot for the chickens to lay their eggs with out too much trouble. Make sure to supply some hay or straw for a nice laying bed. Now you had your fun building a chicken coop have a good time raising your chickens and getting all the benefits too!
Let us take a look at some ideas. All you really need to have for a chicken pen is some lumber wire and nails. Chickens do not have to have much space and they stay in one place hunting and pecking at the ground for food all day without needing to walk off if they've got some type of blockage. Your chicken wire fence doesn't need to be electrified or have barbed wire it just has to be a standard wire fence and the chickens won't try a great escape of any type.
The very first thing when building a chicken coop has an easy plan to follow and on that plan there should be an issue of space. Chickens have no need for a large amount of space it is correct but how many chickens are you planning to have in your chicken ranch? The issue of how much space you require for your coop is in the quantity of chickens being raised. A 5'x5 ' coop can simply house 10 chickens and produce your weekly egg wants for your folks. But if you've got the space for more and wish to raise some fryers you need to use the formula of 1 chicken for every square foot and your chickens will be very ecstatic in that space (I suspect this to be true).
The next thing to consider is the fence posts if you're going with an open air style coop this kind of coop in its simplest form only needs 4 posts and a simple door and frame combo with a latch. Next you will have to connect the chicken wire round the fringe of the coop, steadily from one side of the door opening.
Make sure you're nailing the chicken wire as you go till you reach the opposite side of the door opening and nail it off at the door post. When arranging the gate on its hinges allow for a slight slope. I know all of the carpenters out there are groveling when I say that but from experience I have walked away from my coop in a hurry and forgot to shut the coop gate and my chickens wandered away and paid a visit to my neighbor's yard. If you're going to make allowance for leaving your house for some time, and you actually want to have reassurance put a latch and a lock on the gate and you are done.
A nice straightforward lean two cover with 3 sides and a sloped roof will be enough to keep off the bad weather and give protection from the sun and allow a spot for the chickens to lay their eggs with out too much trouble. Make sure to supply some hay or straw for a nice laying bed. Now you had your fun building a chicken coop have a good time raising your chickens and getting all the benefits too!
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One thing you will need is good chicken coop building plans. It is going with out asserting that the better the plans the better your chicken coop. If you are building a chicken coop I suggest that you get yourself some good plans to get you going.