So you've looked around the market and discovered that ready made chicken coups are overpriced? Decided to try building your own chicken coup? Well in this article I am going to help you by giving you some ideas for your chicken coup building plans.
The first thing you need to do before anything else is get a good set of plans.
Just like anything else you need a good action plan if you want to successfully build your own chicken coup.
There are a lot of good books on building your own coups or if you prefer you can just get a set of plans off the internet.
In my experience it is better to spend a little money on a good set of plans instead of using a free set and finding out that there is a flaw in them after you have started building your chicken coup.
This has happened to me many times.
Once you have a set of plans it is time to consider what you want form your coup.
Usually chicken coup building plans leave a lot of room for you to add in your own touches and personalize your coup.
For example you can usually make several different sized coups from one set of plans.
Therefore the next step is deciding how big you want your coup.
The general rule of thumb when building a coup is to allow four square feet per bird.
This will give them plenty of room and prevent them from beating each other up too much.
However this is just a guideline so if you have less room then do not panic.
As long as your close to the four square feet a bird rule and none of your birds are getting to battered then your fine.
After you've decided on the size of your coup its finally time to start building.
Follow your set of chicken coup building plans and in no time at all you will have a wonderful new coup to put your chickens in.