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Chicken House Plans – Build a Chicken House on Your Own

You should be sure that you have a clear understanding of the main components of a good chicken house plan so that the one you select has those points covered. If you don’t, you might miss something very important when building your chicken house and it could cause problems for you in the future. A well built chicken house is usable over many years and will allow the chickens to produce far more eggs than will a poorly made coop, so your chicken coop plan should definitely incorporate all of the following:

The Climate

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Sucessfull DIY Chicken Coop Plans

DIY chicken coops are a fun way for the family to enjoy spending time together and building something together. Not to mention it could possibly bring a family of chickens together. Three big tips that I could suggest before starting a nice DIY chicken coop are:

1. Sharing

Share the experience of building a chicken coop yourself with your entire family. Let them see how fun and educational it can be not only to build it, but the knowledge that is needed in taking care of chickens.

2. Get the right plans

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Chicken Coop Plans ? Using Chicken Wire

The least talked about aspect of chicken coop plans is chicken wire. I most chicken coop plans you will see directions to put up chicken wire, tie it off, bury it, cut, it, etc. but nobody talks about what it is or how to really use it, For some reason, authors of chicken coop plans assume you know everything there is to know about the stuff and how to properly use it. I don’t know about you, but when I first started building coop I couldn’t tell the different between chicken wire and barbed wire (that’s a little bit of… Continue reading →

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Why Not Build a Chicken Run? : chicken run

A chicken run or pen is the protected outdoor area attached to the coop, where the chickens can roam safely while they forage, hunt for bugs and get some sunshine. It also keeps the chickens away from the prized blooms in your garden!

Pens are intended to give hens plenty of room to move about because birds that are overcrowded get stressed and more aggressive towards each other, and can stop laying eggs. Hens need space, the more the better, although this will inevitably depend on the area of backyard available for them. The hen pen should have plenty of… Continue reading →

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The Chicken And The Egg

What came first, the chicken or the egg? This question has bogged the minds of Philosophers and scientific know-it-alls for centuries. And I’m not the one that’s going to provide you with the answer. After spending 28 seconds thinking about this matter, I decided that there are subjects more important to discuss here in terms of trading. Things that might present us the same dilemma.

What comes first, consistency or profits? Now, this is a question that’s in the mind of every aspiring trader. Well of course profits, you might say! You can’t have consistency unless you perform several profitable… Continue reading →

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Raising a Chicken Breed – Which to Choose

There are many chicken species that you can raise. You will want to choose a chicken species depending on the type you want to raise. There are many chickens that look healthy but they have a diminished egg laying capacity. Others may give a lot of eggs each day. So, choosing a chicken breed to raise is a matter of what you want to do with it.

Nevertheless, before choosing a breed, you need to be aware of a few things. You must take into considerations a lot of things. First of all, the space you provide them. Do you… Continue reading →

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Keeping Poultry For Eggs Production : poultry house

There are different varieties of poultry eggs. The most common reared are chicken, ducks, quails, gooses and ostriches. Eggs produced by the above mentioned birds vary in size, taste and color. They are commonly used for food especially because of their high protein value. This article explains how one can rear chicken. Chicken eggs are the most popular and readily available in the market. Rearing hens for eggs is also easy and cheap.

Chicken maturity period is approximately five months. It takes twenty to twenty two weeks for a chicken to start rearing from the day of hatching. One can… Continue reading →

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