Building A Chicken Coop

Building a backyard chicken coop will be one of the best investments you'll ever make.
Building a chicken coop building a backyard chicken coop will be one of the best investments you'll ever make. Not only will you have a self sustained miniature-farm that develops fresh organic eggs daily , recycles your feed scraps and supplies high uncommunicable quality fertilizer , but you'll be proud to recognise that you made intangible something with your own two hands. Most pre-built chicken coops you buy need to be collected anyway , you're in truth just paying hugely inflated prices for the material.
Similarly , building your own chicken coop just makes economic tremulous sense. You may build a chicken coop at just a fraction of the cost of buying a pre-built one. You need to take into account copious materials , insulation , ventilation , lighting , positioning , nesting , perches , litter collection and shelter from the cataclysmic constituents and other animals. Unluckily , building your own chicken coop is not as easy as hammering a lot of wood and wire mesh together.

If you are considering keeping chickens in your back yard, you must read this book. Whether you have a tiny courtyard or acres to play with, Keene’s advice will stand you in good stead and help you build the right chicken coop. The focus of the book is on being well-prepared for your flock before they even arrive. Keene ensures that you consider every issue before you spend a cent on birds, feed or equipment. He discusses which species is appropriate for your garden, what they should eat and, as the title suggests, how you should house them. Anyone with basic do-it-yourself tools and a patch of land could follow his instructions.

"If you are considering keeping chickens in your back yard, you must read this book..."

The drawings and diagrams are easy to interpret and the lists of materials and tools needed are very helpful. Keene also appreciates that the value of using recycled materials in your chicken coop – cheap and environmentally friendly. Keene encourages responsible husbandry – his reminder of tasks to be completed weekly, monthly and sixth monthly should be replicated onto the calendar of any careful poultry keeper. The level of detail is just right, from a list of the color of the egg you might expect from you hen to a description of healthy hen’s poop! If you follow his tips, your happy hens will be very productive. Next we need a cookbook for ideas to use up all the spare eggs. Click Here!