Why spend a fortune to buy a ready made chicken coop, when you can build your own in at least half the price and only in a couple of days?
Constructing your own hen house can have many benefits:
- It can be a very rewarding experience for you and your whole family and you can have a lot of fun in the process.
- You can save a lot of money because you won't be paying for expensive prebuilt coops.
- Your chickens will be in a relaxed environment and this way they will lay more eggs.
- Your flock will be protected from bad weather and from predators.
In order to ensure the safety of your flock, you will need to pick the location of the hen house very carefully.
It's important to choose a high area that faces the sun to allow the coop to dry quickly every time it rains. Another thing you should consider is ventilation. You need a proper ventilation system that will provide your birds with fresh oxygen. Also make sure you insulate the walls to keep your chickens warm at night or during the winter. Cleaning your hen house should be as easy as possible, so you need to make sure that it's properly constructed.
Some of the materials you are going to need:
Any kind of box to make the nesting boxes, corrugated iron to build the nesting area's wall and just a few household tools, such as handsows, hammers and screwdrivers. If you have more than 10 chickens then you should make a large, sized premium coop, but if you own 1-3 then you should make a small portable one.
It will only take you a few hours to finish it and it can be a fun DIY weekend project for you and all your family members.
Following the step-by-step instructions of a reliable manual can be very helpful. Most diy designs are of a low quality, so finding some easy-to-follow and effective plans is extremely important.
Click Here to see the exact Chicken Coop Building Plans we have used to build our own chicken coop, which have helped us get better eggs and keep our chickens safe!
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