How To Build A Chicken Coop

Building a chicken coop is a fine investment. Some of the benefits are that you will have a continuous source of fresh organic eggs you will have a means to recycle your food scraps and provide high quality fertilizer. Finally you'll also be proud to know that you made something with your own two hands.

Building your own chicken coop makes economic sense. You can build a chicken coop at just a fraction of the cost of buying a pre-built one. Most pre-built chicken coops you buy need to be assembled anyway, which means you're really just paying hugely inflated prices for the material.
The downside is that building your own chicken coop is not all that easy. You need to take into account materials, insulation, ventilation, lighting, positioning, nesting, perches, litter collection and protection from the elements and other animals.

Fortunately there is an excellent resource “Building Your Own Chicken Coop” provides an easy to follow guide to building your own perfect chicken coop. It doesn't matter if you’re a master carpenter or a total beginner, if you require a big or small coop, or if you have a small or big budget.

With this guide in hand it doesn’t need to take weeks to build a chicken coop. With the tips and techniques provided in “Building Your Own Chicken Coop” you can easily accomplish this goal in as little as a few short days and have great success while doing so.

Here are a few steps that you need to follow:
#1. Take Time To Plan The CoopMany people make the mistake of building too early and then find out they have built too small because of all the additional pieces that have to go inside.

# 2. Draw a BlueprintRemember you have to add feeders, the water troughs, perches, nesting spaces and so on. This will erode from the total amount of free space available, which will make the chickens to feel crowded.
Having a plan, or a comprehensive blueprint will go a long way in solving this problem.

#3. Ensure there is enough light.Ensure that you’re giving your chickens enough sun light. This is accomplished by being sure you add enough windows throughout the coop which will serve to allow the sun to shin in.

Don’t place the windows too low… or the sun may shine directly at the chickens, which can make them feel uncomfortable. Locate the main direction the sun typically hits your chicken coop and be sure to focus your windows on that side of the house.

# 4. Don’t build the Chicken Coop Too Small.Size is one of the biggest things you must take into consideration as you build a chicken coop. If you aren’t sure how many chickens you plan to keep, it’s a smart move to build slightly larger than you think you’ll need, then if you do decide to add one or two more, you will have enough room.

Be sure you’re following these tips as you design and build your chicken coop. The process may seem quite intricate but by using a building plan that breaks it down into manageable steps, it really becomes something that you can easily handle over the course of a weekend.