Chicken Coop Plans

A chicken coop must be be strong enough to protect your chickens from both predators and the weather. Cats,dogs,coyoyes,raccoons,foxes and other predators really like to dine on chicken and in some predators like kill them for the fun of it.Many chicken flock owners will tell stories an animal getting into the chicken house and killing every bird in there.

Usually it was a flimsy poorly built hen house which was quite easy for the predator to find a way into. You absolutely must have a well built chicken coop which no animals can get into, and in which there are no openings that a raccoon or cat etc can squeeze through to get inside, and do the dirty work.

A warm, dry,comfortable, poultry house will keep the poultry happy and you can be sure they will lay more eggs. Keepingchickens, even a small flock of them in a city back yard, can be really rewarding not only because of the fresh eggs you get daily but also because of the fun and interest you will find while running your chicken enterprise.

A good solid prebuilt chicken coop is expensive to buy but pretty well anyone can build a hen house from plans with good instructions, or procure help from a friend who has some carpentry experience. The chicken coop must be completely surrounded by chicken wire which goes right under it forming a barrier that a predator animal cannot break through.

Also consider the fact that animals can dig under a fence or under the wall of the chicken house to get inside. You absolutely must remove this possibility with chicken wire going right under the coop. The hens can still get at the ground through the wire mesh to find insects and other food.

We recommend that you work from professionally drawn chicken coop plans and build a solid well built hen coop. A quickly made up do it yourself construction all too often is quite inadequate for proper protection. We built two chicken coops from good plans and they were great value with the results we achieved. We recommend a set of plans which is illustrated and gives a wide choice of chicken coops to build. You get a big package of valuable bonuses when you buy these plans.See our website for details. chicken coop plans