Keeping Your Chickens Save and Healthy

In my last blog post, I wrote about a video on how to make a DIY chicken nesting box. It’s a very basic chicken nesting for your backyard chicken coops but it gets the job done.

After the post, I got a feedback from one of my blog reader, Charles from the United States. He sent me couple of pictures of how he used a couple of old fiberglass containers to make a chicken nesting.

I think that’s a very creative way of using whatever resources we have to make the nesting area for the bantams. I don’t think the hen would mind though. As long as she has a dry space for her to brood the eggs, she’ll be very happy.

Check out the pictures below of Charles’ chicken nesting work in progress.

DIY Chicken Nesting on the back of a truck

Here’s a fun little video I found on Youtube showing you how to make a very easy Do It Yourself (DIY) chicken coop nesting box from recycled material.

The video is from Becky’s Homestead show, The commentator, Scott shows you how to build a recycled chicken egg laying nest box for your backyard poultry.

The chicken nesting box is a very basic design, but it does get the job done nicely.

DIY Chicken Coop Design Plan

Are you planning to build your own chicken coop for your backyard. If you are, check out Bill Keene’s Building a Chicken Coop manual. Bill is a poultry farmer with more than 20 years of farming experience. His e-book has all the tips and tricks on how to make a chicken housing with minimal cost.

Click on the link below for more information.

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Here’s the thing about raising chicken at home. Just because your next door neighbor has chicken in their yard, that does not mean you are allow to keep chicken at your home.

It’s strange isn’t it?

There may be a few reasons for this. Your neighbor may have gotten a zoning change for their property. Here’s another thing, your neighbor may be keeping the chicken and unknowingly breaking the law!

So, how would you know if you are allowed to raise chicken at your home?

You can start by looking at your property deed. If you recently purchased your home, your deed and your sales agreement should have your zoning listed on them.

Here’s a tip. If you are unable to locate the record of how your property is zoned, then head over to your city, village, or township hall and ask whether you can look at a zoning map. Some county offices will have a copy of the map you can purchase.

If you stay in a large urban area, it will take you a bit of leg work. Firstly, go to the planning board or office to check if your property is allowed to keep bantams.

Sometimes, you can also get your questions answered by the county clerk or an animal control officer.

If you don’t want to get yourself in trouble for keeping chickens at home, don’t just take the word of your neighbors or people not connected to local government that it’s alright.

If you’re in the midst of buying a home, don’t even take the word of the real estate agents about being able to keep chickens or even about the property zoning.

You have no way of knowing if the information you’re getting is legitimate. Make the effort and find the answer yourself.

Trust me, it will worth your while.

You don’t want to have all your chickens confiscated and you are being issued a fine six months down the road.

Related web pages:

1) Building A Chicken Coop Plans Guide By Bill Keene Review

2) Mary Nelson Chicken DIY Guide And Plans Review