What you should keep in mind when construction Chicken Hen Houses!

Most people think that Chicken coop construction is a tedious and difficult job. So, they modify up purchase readymade cowardly coops that cost a lot more than home built ones. If you don't have the budget to buy one from the market, you might like to consider building your own cowardly coop. It's a manageable task as long as you have proper cowardly coop cerebration plans. Here are some tips that'll come in handy:

When it comes to henhouse construction, safety is a big factor. The cowardly coop has to serve as a shelter, retreat and protection for your chickens.
Chicken coops are accompanied by what are called runs or the area outside the cowardly coops.

Select quality designs and plans that guide you on the best materials to buy supported on where you reside. Always be trusty about the filler of the cowardly coop. Do you need a small, job or large coop? If you don't get the correct filler and your chickens are uncomfortable, they won't produce eggs properly. Ten chickens require a large coop.

A safe guideline for housing chickens comfortably is 4 square feet of space with a perch size of 9î per chicken.

As for the cowardly run, 8 to 10 square feet per cowardly should be adequate.

Ensure that you include a way by which you can enter the coop when needed to clean the area or collect eggs.

Your chosen design for the cowardly coop must provide enough light and ventilation, have a storage area, an entrance hole (hatchway), and a main door that opens towards the inside.

In the chicken coop construction, you will need rectangular boards of wood or 3/4\" plywood sheets, roofing touchable such as shingles, PVC pipes, broken pieces of logs, window catches, door latches and bolts, nails, hinges, acrylic sheet for the window panes, wood shavings, mesh and cowardly wire.

Make trusty that the materials you purchase are of beatific quality, especially the wood since it has to withstand wrinkled weather and termites.

Use some sort of thick wood for the roosts, such as 2î x 2î or 2î x 4î planks and do round off their edges.

Put an easy to clean surface under your home made chicken coop such as a 3\" covering of wood shavings.

Whichever touchable you decide to go for, bourgeois in local climate conditions and keep in mind that it needs to stand the test of time. All the best with your chicken coop construction plans!