DIY Chicken House Information And Advice
Backyard chickens provide you and your family with more than just free, organic eggs. They can also provide you with free fertilizer, will eat your food scraps, and are a great pet. This article provides you with information on how to build a DIY chicken house for these practical and low maintenance birds.
Choosing The Best Construction Materials
It certainly pays of to take building a DIY chicken house seriously. You can't expect high egg yields from chickens living in a cardboard box! The best materials with which to build are treated pine, chicken wire, and plywood. You could also opt for a higher grade lumber, such as cedar. Chipboard is an alternative to plywood.
Types Of Chicken Houses
As with all DIY projects, you have complete control over design and style. Your choices in this regard will obviously differ, depending on how large your flock is, how much space you have in your yard, how much money you want to spend, and how much effort you're willing to invest in the construction process.
Here are a few of the more popular design options:
- The portable chicken coop, which is based on an a-frame. It's good for keeping around 5 birds, and doesn't really have any stand-out features.
- The chicken ark, which is another a-frame design. It's very easy to build, and contains 2 separate storeys. One for feeding, and one for nesting. You will be able to keep up to about 10 birds in the one coop.
- Of course, those of us who take breeding chickens very seriously, there is the hen house. It's big, and arguably the most attractive of all chicken house types. You can add an optional chicken run as well.
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