There are some people that raise chicken in their backyard but the hens refuse to lay any eggs. Chicken that do not produce eggs most probably is due to poor housing facilities.

It does not take a lot to satisfy a bunch of hens. But the housing does need to be adequately sized, has good amount of ventilation and protect the birds from the weather.

It is not surprising to find some backyard chicken coops which are too small, inadequate ventilation while some are too open all together. If the walls of the chicken housing have cracks all over, it will permit strong draft to blow on the fowls.

Sometimes, it is not enough to improve on the existing chicken coop, you may need to build a new chicken house.

Choosing the right location

The first thing you may want to consider when building a new chicken house is choosing the perfect location for the coop. Ideally, the chicken house should be located on southern or eastern slope, near an orchard or wood lot so that the birds have plenty of shades.

A coop built on a southern or eastern slope allows snow to thaw more readily and the ground will dry up and warms much quicker.

Size of the chicken house

Choosing the size of the chicken coop depends large on the breed of the fowl and the amount of protection needed. As a rule of thumb, allow from three to five square feet of floor space for each hen.

If you have chicken which are heavy breed, you may need to allocate a larger space for them. Crowding of the birds may not yield good results. The hens may be unable to lay any eggs due to crowding stress.

Ventilation for the chicken coop

Actually, there is no best method to provided ventilation in a DIY chicken coop. Some people may choose using a simple curtain front while others will use an open front.

Open fronts does provide excellent ventilation but many people will go for the curtain front because it can be placed over most of the opening during bad weather.

Here’s a tip you can use when deciding on the right ventilation for a coop. It has been found that a chicken house closed on 3 sides and curtained tightly on the south do not provide enough fresh air for the birds occupying it.

Hence it is best to have a narrow opening along the south side of the house just under the rafters. This feature will allow greater circulation of air than the curtained openings alone.

DIY Chicken Coop

Looking for a good step by step chicken coop plans? If you are, check out Bill Keene’s Building a Chicken Coop guide. It has all the information you’ll need to build the perfect chicken coop with ample space and good ventilation. For more information, click on the link below.

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Here’s a website that most people would not know unless you are a woodworking enthusiast. It is John Metz’s Woodworking4Home site.

John Metz is a professional woodworker from Wisconsin and he has put together one of the largest collection of woodworking project plans and blueprints on the web. The members’ area has a whopping 14,000 plus project plans!

The last couple of days, I was trying to look for good chicken house building plan on the internet. By chance, I stumble upon the Woodworking4Home site.

I browse through the project categories and was quite pleased there is a section on DIY chicken house plans. I bought the pack and immediately downloaded the chicken coop plans.

Woodworking4Home Chicken Coop Plan Review

The plan that I downloaded is actually in pdf format. When I opened the file, there’s a diagram of the completed chicken house. The title written there “small chicken house”, but it looks kind of big to me.

The chicken house design is actually 8 x 8 feet and you can have 15 – 20 hens living in it. The blueprint then proceeds to explain the main function of the coop, which is to provide protection for the birds from the element, predators, injury and theft. I could not agree more.

The coop design has everything the chicken living in it would need such as ample space, perches, nests, feeder and waterer, light source and ventilation.

At the bottom of the plan, there is a diagram showing the cut away view of the chicken house with all the measurements and dimensions for the wood members.

All in all, the chicken house building plan from Woodworking4Home seems decent. However, if you really want to make the coop on your own, you need to have some woodworking and carpentry experience. Nonetheless, it gives you an idea on what’s involved in making your own DIY chicken coop for your backyard.

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Have you thought of raising your own chicken at home? Many people would not have dream of it. Why raise your own chicken when you can buy poultry from the supermarket.

There are a lot of benefits from raising your own chicken. The birds are very colorful and can be pretty moving ornaments for your backyard.

Chickens can also give you something the household pets cannot…fresh organic eggs!

Due to the small sizes of the bantams, chickens are preyed on by urban predators such as cats, dogs, hawks, large rats, raccoons etc. To keep them safe, the best option is to build a chicken coop for them to live in.

For those looking for chicken coop, there are 2 options. You can either buy one from a hardware store or build it via Do It Yourself (DIY) approach. Obviously the DIY route is a cheaper and better option.

Building Your Own Homemade Chicken Coop

Before you begin the construction project, you will need a set of plans and guide. This is where Mary Nelson can assist you.

Mary is the co-author of DIY chicken housing building plans found on www.chickendiyguides.com. The manual was written together with Jim Stanley, a poultry farmer with over 25 years of experience.

So what can you get from Mary’s chicken DIY guide? In short, inside the manual, you’ll get:

1) Easy step by step building instruction plan for small, medium and large coops.

2) Ideas on how to find inexpensive building material.

3) Instruction and how and where to place the chicken coop.

4) Tips on raising chicken that lay fresh and delicious eggs.

5) Special reports on city ordinances and other rules for raising chicken at home.

6) And many more.

Bonuses

If you like bonuses, you’ll love what Mary has prepared for you. When you purchase the guide, you will also receive a series of high definition (HD) videos on the ins and outs of keeping healthy chicken.

You will learn information such as hen nesting, chicken feeds, automatic watering system, eggs collection, care for chicks etc. There are also 4 special reports on chicken breeding and brooding chicks.

Product Guarantees

As an added benefit, the manual from Mary comes with a 60 days money back guarantee. If for whatever reason you do not see any value in the guide, you can ask for a full refund 60 days from the purchase date.

This is great because it literally removes all of your risk!

How much does the manual cost?

Well, the coop building plans, instructional guides plus all the video bonuses, free reports, and the money back guarantee, the report is offered for a onetime payment of only $39.97.

Everything is in digital format meaning you can download them onto your computer instantly.

For more information about Mary Nelson’s chicken DIY guide, click on the link below.

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