Five Tips for Chicken Coop Designs
Article by Josh Rush
Backyard chicken is a one of the favorite hobby among the people all over the world. The feeling to have the fresh egg every morning is the best result of these hobbies. When you involve in backyard chicken that means you need to provide the chicken house or coop using the best chicken coop designs you can get. When you need to building a coop, you need consider a lot of things and yet you can simplify it by following my simple tips about the chicken coop designs.
1- Before you start the chicken coop designs, make sure you consider the size of the the building (coop). This is important because you do not waste your time when you start make a measurement. To determine the coop size, you need to select whether you want the permanent coop building or the portable one. Besides that, you also need to consider how many chickens you want to petting and the type of chicken. Last but not least is the size of your backyard, and actually it is the most important thing for you to think.
2- The budget for your chicken house. If you have unlimited budget this is not the things you should concern before you produce or get the chicken coop designs, but if you have limited make sure this will be your priorities. The reason of my suggestion is you do not want to be frustrated if you out of budget and your chicken coop will not finish until you lost the interest to start the backyard chicken. Therefore, plan your budget wisely and make sure choose the best price for the material chicken coop design or ask some people who are involving in woodworking about how to get the cheap material for your coop.
3. In your chicken coop designs, make sure you consider the protection for your chicken. The main two threats to your chicken are the weather and the predator around your house like fox or snake. For the weather, you should put the proper insulation to the wall, the wood could be enough for this and while winter you should consider putting the light in order to heat up the coop. The protection from predator can be done by put some defense perimeter like the fence around the coop and also the proper seal on windows and door.
4- Tips number four is for those who wish to produce their own design. In the chicken coop designs, make sure you consider the structure integrity. Otherwise, your coop will collapse in no time when there are any wind blows to your coop. Then, produce the design by following the right step, the coop should build from lower part to upper part. Lastly, save your design properly for the future usage.
5- If you want saving a lot of time, you can use the design that is already available. This type of chicken coop designs usually can get by free without any cost, but you need to choose properly whether it is suitable for your level of experience in woodworking or not. You also need to remember, the free item usually lack of support since it is free, and the best way to solve it is made yourself involve in backyard chicken community. The other option is, you buy the proper guide for you to build your chicken coop and you also will get the free chicken coop design with high detail instruction for you to follow. That