Your Very Own Chicken Coop

Learn How To Raise Your Own Chickens

How To Pick Chicken Coop Plans – The Best Way To Select Plans For Your Chicken Coop

It is not necessary to possess architectural expertise in order to construct a house for your chickens. It is not even necessary to have farming experience. It is possible to buy plans for chicken coops from numerous sources, and anyone who has a knack for taking measurements and drawing to scale can even create their own chicken coop plans. If you adhere to your plan closely, you will soon have a finished chicken coop.

Chicken coops can be constructed in a number of different ways. Coops can be rendered in a wide range of styles, sizes and configurations. Certain coops… Continue reading

Properly Caring For Egg Laying Hens To Ensure Maximum Egg Laying

The cute baby chicks that you ordered a few months ago have grown and by now are almost full sized pullets that are getting ready to begin laying their first eggs.  Now that they are no longer babies, what do you need to do to ensure that you are properly caring for your egg laying hens to make sure that they are happy and healthy hens?

Typically, pullets will be mature enough to begin laying their first eggs when they are about six months old.  Your juvenile chicks will start to grow combs and waddles when they are… Continue reading

Plans For Easy to Build Chicken Coops

If you’ve got or are planning to get chickens and want to save some money, you’re probably thinking about building your own coop. But if you’re like most of us you’re just a home handyman without much building experience. Therefore, plans for easy to build chicken coops are vital.

There are many factors to good chicken coop design and construction. You need to consider the best size of the coop for the number of chickens you have, you need to provide shelter as well as protection from predators, there needs to be adequate lighting and the right number of feeders.… Continue reading