There are a few different Chicken House Plans available for sale on the internet but there is one that recently caught my eye. It is called “Building A Chicken Coop” and it covers everything you need to know about how to build a chicken coop including 3 sets of chicken house plans that you can build from depending on the number of chickens you wish to keep.
Chicken House Plans
When building a chicken house, there are many things you need to think about. First decide how many chickens you would like to keep once you are up and running. You need to make sure your chickens have enough space. If they don’t they can get very stressed and peck at each other or themselves. A good rule of thumb is to allocate 4 square feet inside the coop per chicken or 2 square feet per if you are keeping small bantam chickens and 10 square feet of outdoor space or 8 square feet per bantam.
Once you know how many chickens you can keep you need to get a copy of some good plans and get your material together. Allocate a weekend to build the chicken house. They are not very hard to build especially if you are working from a good set of chicken house plans. Like I said before, Building A Chicken Coop is new and rates it 5 stars for thoroughness. You can download the whole package instantly and get started this weekend if you are keen. Check it out now!
Portable Chicken House Plans
Medium Chicken House Plans
Large Chicken House Plans
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Build the Perfect Housing to Fit Your Flock
Bring your chickens home to roost in comfort and style Whether you’re keeping one hen in a small backyard or 1,000 birds in a large free-range pasture, this delightful collection of hen hideaways will spark your imagination and inspire you to begin building.
Author and farmer Judy Pangman combed the country to select these 45 coops for housing both laying hens and meat birds (chickens or turkeys). The coops range from fashionable backyard structures featured in the annual Seattle Tilth City Chickens Tour and the Mad City Chickens Tour in Madison, Wisconsin, to the large-scale, moveable shelters Joel Salatin has fashioned for Polyface Farm in Virginia.
You’ll also find ideas for converting trailer frames, greenhouses, and backyard sheds; low-budget alternatives for working with found and recycled materials; and simple ways to make waterers, feeders, and nestboxes. A gallery of color photographs provides other creative ideas to get you going. With basic building skills, a little elbow grease, and this book of conceptual plans and how-to drawings, you’ve got all you need to shelter your flock.
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What type of wire do I use on the run to keep them out.
This all depends on what type of snake.
Snakes can climb so make sure that any holes on the coop are filled. Seal around the bottom where the floor meets the walls.
Any small holes in the sides make sure these are filled, or place wire netting over them.
Make sure the wire is similar to net as snakes can get through holes the size of your finger or smaller.
Snakes can get up under the roof or under hatches so check the fit to see if they can wiggle through there.
If so make sure to put some form of seal where it doesn’t fit tight. The seals you get for door drafts work great for this.
On the run the ideal thing is to place netting over the wire.
Make sure to set the mess at less 6 inches from the wire. Once again try and bury it deep enough into the ground. This mess will also stop owls and hawks from getting the chickens.
Make sure all chicken feed is stored with lids on. Chicken feed attracts rats and mice which in turn attracts snakes. Store the feed away from the coop and house.
Dogs are sometimes great to have around however snakes can also bite dogs.
There is a snake repellent you can buy but I can not recommend it as I don;t know enough about it
I had problems with snakes getting into the bird cage.
I had no idea they could get into such small spaces but they do.
A short tour of my Play House Chicken Coop. I am selling the plans to build this coop. If you are interested, please e-mail me at im-handy@sbcglobal.net, or search “chicken coop plans” on ebay.
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Chicken Coop Plans Video review and walkthrough of new chicken coop plans eBook titled “Building a Chicken Coop”
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