Saturday, February 19, 2011

Chicken Coop Ideas

There are lots of considerations when looking to build your own chicken house; in this article, I'll talk about a few of them, specificlally elevating your coop off the ground, making your chicken house movable, and your specific living conditions.

One important consideration is cleaning the chicken coop - and an idea to solve for this is to elevate the coop a couple of inches off of the ground. This makes for more efficient cleaning of the coop, as well as giving your chickens a nice shady area to relax when it gets warm outside.

Another idea for building a chicken coop is to make it moveable. Direction of sunlight can very easily change with the season; a movable chicken house would make it so much easier to move your coop to an area of yard that allowed maximum sunlight.

The last idea/consideration for your chicken house is your specfic living conditions. For example, if you live in a more rural area, you can likely have a chicken coop that looks like pretty much whatever you please - but if you live in the city or suburbs, you may need to make more effort to make your chicken house look visually pleasing.

There you have three important considerations when coming up with chicken coop ideas. Good luck in your chicken coop building efforts!

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