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There are thousands of plans, designs and ideas for buildings
used in housing chickens.They range from elaborate two story
structures right on down to a small doghouse type dwelling
surrounded by a few feet of chicken wire. Before you invest a
lot of money and time setting up costly coops, learn about
building chicken coops the easy way and you can enjoy the fruits
of your labor sooner.
Building a chicken house
Chickens are not demanding critters. Their needs are pretty
basic. They need a place to get in out of the elements where the
freezing weather won’t harm their eggs. Next on the list, they
have to have space for their nests in order to lay eggs.
Since both eggs and chickens are considered tasty morsels by a
wide variety of predators, the place built for chickens needs to
be sturdy and well protected. Add a little food and water and
they’re happy campers.
There are standard ways to build a chicken coop or you can
create your own from scratch. Decide how large the dimensions
should be for the area set aside for the chicken coop.
Take care not to put a chicken coop too close to your home for a
couple of reasons. The noise can get pretty loud at times and
downwind, a chicken coop doesn’t smell like roses. On the other
hand, you don’t want to put the coop too far away either – both
for the sake of convenience and so that you can keep an eye out
for predators.
No matter how fancy a chicken coop is, don’t forget that it has
to be cleaned on a regular basis to cut down on odor and bug
infestations. One of the mistakes those new to raising chickens
do is they build coops where the floor is completely level.
Isn’t that the way to build a house? Yes, but not a hen house -
because when you go to wash it out, all of that stuff will pool
right at your feet. Not a pretty thought or sight. Instead, you
want to build the floor with a tilt at the back of it.
Building a chicken coop the easy way includes an easy clean up.
With a slightly tilted floor at the rear of the house, when you
spray it down during cleaning, all that icky stuff will wash
down the slant and right out the back door of the coop.
Put a chicken wire fence all around the coop to keep unwelcome
guests out. Remember that some animals will dig beneath fences
to get into the chicken coop, so play it smart and bury the
fence partly below the ground. Building chicken coops the easy
way makes the work of owning chickens easier in the long run.