How to build a chicken coop from scratch
Chicken coops are
also called as hen’s house. The main intention for maintaining these coops are to give natural life conditions in
a fixed box and at the same time protecting them from untimely weather be it
heavy rainy season or hot summer. These Chicken
coops are maintained
mainly outdoor to give natural living environment.
As we are not experts drawing plans to build chicken coops it is always a better idea we buy
them from the market. The ones we buy in the market are built by experts with a
good plan which suites to hens.
In case, if you
want to build a chicken coop, then
you must understand the psychology of hens. Below are the tips which we must
consider before we start building a coop.
We
must build a coop in a right method as it would be difficult to fix the
mistakes. We must use the safe material to build a chicken coop. In short,
whatever material we use building a coop should be safe and help better growth
of hens.
A chicken coop
should be built in that way that there should be good ventilation, sufficient light and of course sufficient space for them to wander freely. This way, we can provide hens’ perfect living conditions. This
will also create natural like surroundings to hens. Using mesh in building a
coop is mandatory material. There are many advantages of this mesh. This mesh
enables to pass enough light and air inside coop. This mesh not only protects
hens from dust but also predators. One should also maintain ample height of the
coop for spaciousness.
This chicken coop
which we build with help of mesh should have easy access to food we provide
them. We must always provide hens’ washed food
and clean water. We must also keep an eye
on the food and water we provide them. Sometimes the food and water we provide get mixed up with the litter and eating
such contaminated food can ruin the health of hens sometimes such health issues
may cause death.
Cleaning the coop
is also one important duty we must be doing on the
regular basis. As hens' don’t has control on their eliminations. It is a
good idea that we clean them now and then.
It is compulsory we
arrange a parallel bar
inside the coop this help them to sit to roost all night, and this parallel bar should be enough size for chicken
to sit.
There should be a
nesting area provided to hens so that they can lay eggs and nest should be
filled with dry grass, which
gives warmness to hens, which
helps in hatching eggs. We can use a chandelier of
small size, which
can give enough light and warmness. We should collect eggs on the
daily basis if we maintain
many hens in the coop otherwise they may break them.
A chicken coop we
build without a good plan can cause a lot of trouble.
It is must to take
safety measures while building chicken coop otherwise you will end causing trouble
to chickens, and these troubles will cost us much
enough. A well planned and well designed coop will always good and
chickens to grow healthy.
