Basic Needs to Build a Chicken Coop
There are some specific tools and material required for you to build a Chicken Coop.
One needs to know that it is very important to have plans made up before embarking on building a chicken coop.
It does not matter whether the it is a small coop or a large one. Regardless of the size of the chicken coop a pre-thought out plan is not only a requirement but also smart and wise.
Chicken coops are made from wood. Wood is natures housing for many creatures and chickens love it. Unlike their cousins who are breed for money and profits (caged hens), having a wood all over for a chicken coop is not only a natural environment for the chicken but also a humane one.
We cannot use any type of wood for if that was the case the wood will not last long in a natural environment for too long. The wood you purchase should have undergone treatment.
Wood for chicken coop needs to be water repellent to be
effective in preventing diseases. Animals in nature always search for dry wood before making a nest. Chickens are no different to their cousins in the wild. Moisture will introduce decay and that will inevitably encourage sickness and disease and introduce bacteria and other insects to spawn in the vicinity that would be very harmful to the chickens.
If the wood that you purchase is not treated then you can treat it with a water sealer. Treat the wood as per instructions in the sealer.
Other important items that are vital to the proper building of a Chicken Coop includes chicken wire.
Note chicken wires do not rust. Make sure the wire used is appropriate for building the chicken coop.
The amount of chicken wire required will be based on the area you will cover and the number of chickens you are thinking of having in the coop.
It is always good to have extra chicken wire even after the completion of your chicken coop.
After all we are human and we make alterations as we see fit.
You want to have adequate chicken wires to let
it be planted in the ground with at least six to ten inches in
depth. Burying the wire securely into the ground will prevent dogs, cats, and
other predators to crawl underneath the chicken wire.
In any event the chicken coop needs to be placed in a such way as to protect the chickens from the elements.
Always make sure there is ample protection from rain and wind. Chickens do become cold as well during the cold winter days.
Chickens demand to be kept warm to survive the cooler winter months. So an added later of insulation around the chicken house or within the walls should make it a pleasing environment for the birds to feel safe.
Main passage way should have a bit of air flow to remove the smells and odour out the of the chicken house.
Fresh air with lots of oxygen is another requirement for these birds. They too require just like us oxygen and clean atmosphere to be healthy.
Jon
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