How to Build a Chicken Coop Series Part 1 of 4 by azhagukumar

Have you concluded that you want to raise chickens? Do you have adequate space to build the chicken coop? It is essential to have the right plans to build a chicken house or a whole lot of creative design.  Its expensive and hard to find free designs on the internet.  However I was able to locate Best Chicken Coop

In reality, most people choose ready made coops that are too expensive. So why you should not to build your own? You can also do better if you have right ideas and plans that teach you how to build it.

Unlike it manufacturers who are all minding only the profit, the owner of chickens has to ensure that the coops are comfortable and secure for the chickens.

Chicken coop floor plans and ideas are essential to build your coop effectively. Building it on your own is a slow and steady process that not only saves you money but also ensures the safety of the chickens.  Best Chicken Coop provides us with a few tips that are essential to building your coop so we decided to turn their tips into a small series.

Top Tip #1 Location and space
Your chickens need comfortable and enough space, so do not try to fit the coop into a small space. Without proper coop floor plans, it is not good to build a chicken coop, that is uncomfortable for your chickens as they could become aggressive towards one another.

When planning to build the chicken coop, you should have proper plans for it as well as a guide that will show you how much space will be required for each hen. Whether this plan/guide is something you purchased, acquired from the internet, or you designed yourself.  It is necessary to provide 3 - 5 square feet of space for each chicken.

When my husband and I had chickens when we were in the country he pretty much designed the coop and the run himself.  It was an incredible design because it allowed them to have indoor space and then they came out of the space and down a ramp where he built a run.  The chickens were ridiculously happy.  How do I know that you ask?  If your chickens are producing eggs like crazy than it is a telltale sign that they are pretty happy with their living quarters.  Just remember 3 - 5 square feet of space for each chicken equals happy chickens which equals yummy eggs.

The reason I named this website ccecofamilywannabe is because we have such a desire to get back to the country for us to have our chickens again.