Chicken Coops

Just like houses, chicken coops come in all shapes and sizes. Judy Pangman presents how-to drawings and conceptual plans for 45 coops — from the strictly practical to flights of fancy — guaranteed to meet the needs of every bird owner, however big or small your flock may be. Color photographs and innovative suggestions fill this encouraging guide, while lively anecdotes profile an array of coop builders and their various construction methods. Start building the coop of your chickens’ dreams!

Just like houses, chicken coops come in all shapes and sizes. Judy Pangman presents how-to drawings and conceptual plans for 45 coops — from the strictly practical to flights of fancy — guaranteed to meet the needs of every bird owner, however big or small your flock may be. Color photographs and innovative suggestions fill this encouraging guide, while lively anecdotes profile an array of coop builders and their various construction methods. Start building the coop of your chickens’ dreams!

Build Your Own First Chicken Coop Today and Enjoy the Benefits and Simple Pleasures of Raising Your own Chickens in Your Own Backyard! Raising chickens in your own backyard is both an enjoyable and a profitable endeavor. You raise chickens in a 100% organic way so you get the freshest eggs and the healthiest meat possible. Not only that, the sweet satisfaction and sense of accomplishment you get as you start harvesting eggs are truly priceless. This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to build your own chicken coop. It will guide you through everything you need to know about coop building and a bit about raising chickens. Read this book today and build your very first coop successfully. Chicken coops are enclosures to keep your chickens from running to places where you would not want them to be. It keeps them safe from predators like wolves, foxes and even your beloved pet dog.The main purpose of a coop is to be a safe, protected place for hens to lay their eggs. These need to be protected from predators and bad weather to preserve good health and quality. Hens and their eggs are very vulnerable to predators. There are snakes and small mammals, as well as birds of prey that include eggs in their diets. Larger predators like dogs, wolves and snakes can go after the chicken. The coop serves to keep chickens and eggs safe, especially at night when these predators usually come out to hunt. Here Is A Preview of The Chapters in this Book:- •Chapter 1 :What Are Chicken Coops And Why Do You Have To Use Them? •Chapter 2:Chicken Coop Plans And Designs •Chapter 3:Everything You Need To Build Your Own Chicken Coop •Chapter 4:Start Building The Chicken Coop •Chapter 5:Framing The Chicken Coop •Chapter 6:Installing The Outer-Frame Parts •Chapter 7:Finishing Touches To The Coop •And Finally Chapter 8 will cover the Costly Mistakes To Avoid When Choosing Chicken Coops Get Your Copy Today! Most eggs in the market are not from chickens raised in the best, healthiest conditions. Most of the chickens are fed with artificial feeds and injected with tons of steroids, artificial hormones and antibiotics. All these junk get into the eggs and eventually into your plate. Your Family and Yourself deserve better! By raising your own chickens, you are assured you have better quality, healthier and safer eggs and meat to consume anytime you want. Go up the page and Buy this book today!

This revised and expanded edition of How to Build Chicken Coops—one of the best-selling titles in Voyageur's successful series licensed by Future Farmers of America (FFA)—provides complete and easy-to-follow instructions on building a coop, including 16 pages of new content. Voyageur's acclaimed FFA-licensed series has helped countless first-time animal owners confidently care for their new companions. How to Build Chicken Coops provides answers in a one-stop reference so chicken owners don't have to waste time searching online for advice. Whether readers are involved in the FFA, interested in starting an urban or suburban flock, or just curious about country living or urban farming, raising chickens is a great way to get started. And, when you build your own coop, you can make customizations to meet your specific needs and save money at the same time! Beautifully designed and authoritatively written, How to Build Chicken Coops is a trusted guide to new chicken keepers of all ages. Inside, readers will find more than just a collection of plans, but a compendium of the background and insider information for chicken owners. How much space will you need? What is dust bathing? How many nest boxes and windows will your coop need? How much will it cost? What steps do you need to take to keep your chickens safe from predators? Expanded and redesigned to appeal even more to middle and high school age enthusiasts, How to Build Chicken Coops takes the guesswork out of building a safe and comfortable home that's just right for your flock of chickens.

Building Chicken Coops For Dummies (9781119543923) was previously published as Building Chicken Coops For Dummies (9780470598962). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. As the popularity of urban homesteading and sustainable living increases, it’s no wonder you’re in need of trusted, practical guidance on how to properly house the chickens you’re planning (or have already begun) to keep. Building Chicken Coops For Dummies gives you the information you need to build the most cost-efficient, safe, and easy-on-the-eye enclosures for your backyard flock. This practical guide gives you easy-to-follow and customizable plans for building the backyard chicken coop that works best for you. You’ll get the basic construction know-how and key information you need to design and build a coop tailored to your flock, whether you live in a small city loft, a suburban backyard, or a small rural farm. Includes detailed material lists, instructions, and schematic plans for building a host of different chicken coops Step-by-step guidance on how to build a coop—or design your own Accessible for every level of reader Whether you’re just beginning to gain an interest in a back-to-basics lifestyle or looking to add more attractive and efficient coops to your current flock‘s digs, Building Chicken Coops For Dummies gives you everything you need to build a winning coop!

Build a stylishly modern home for your poultry. Backyard chickens meet contemporary design in this inventive compilation from authors Matthew Wolpe and Kevin McElroy. Reinventing the Chicken Coop presents 14 complete building plans for chicken houses that range from the purely functional to outrageously fabulous, with designs that include water-capturing roofs, built-in composting systems, and modernist architectural details.

Offers step-by-step instructions for building fourteen chicken coops, including a modern log cabin, a coopsicle, and a Kippen House garden roof chicken coop.

When Julia Hollander agreed to buy her small daughter a rabbit, she had no idea that she would end up with two hens as well. Finding herself at the wrong end of a very steep learning curve, she then had to master the many skills of hen husbandry in short order, from what to feed them to how best to fox-proof a small urban garden. Chicken Coops for the Soul is a record of the five years of trial and error that ensued, in which Julia charts the joys, challenges and inevitable moments of disappointment of allowing your life to become dominated by poultry. Fascinating and entertaining by turns, this is a book that will prove invaluable to the aspiring keeper and remind chicken aficionados why they became hooked in the first place.