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Proper Design of Chicken Coop

Don't jump immediately and start making your chicken coop, first draw the layout of the chicken coop in a paper, take in to consideration of every thing door, window, lighting, ventilation and safety from other animal like dog, moggy for example. I'm going to tell you about ventillation design and lighting in next sentence. Make sure that the chicken coop is design such that you can obtain access to it's inner side, so you can take away the garbage and weeds from the chicken coop regularly. Also correct design make sures that you can take the egg without any fight with the chicken coop structure.

Adequate floor space per bird

When planning to Build a chicken cage, first thing you have got to take in to consideration is,'how many chickens you going to keep in chicken coop'. Typically a chicken require a 4 to 5 sq ft of space and the chicken will be very comfortable with five sq ft spce per chicken. So while planning take in to account how many chicken you like to keep and according to that calculate the space and draw the design.

Using Correct Methodology:

When planning your chicken coop structure, you should correct system in almost every side of the way.

for example, you wish to use building materials in which the cleaning and disinfecting procedures will be fast and easy. The doors you install should open inwards, not outwards. You do not want your chickens roosting on your windows, so it is best to install sliding windows.

Keeping the Chicken Coops dry with correct ventilation

you could be only consider in building a chicken coop that may keep your chickens locked up and protected from stormy weather and predators but also it shoould receive the right ventilation. If so , then you already understand the significance of draft free air movement from inside the coop. Chickens, much like humans, need clean air and oxygen. The same goes for the removal of unwanted excessive moisture and carbon dioxide. A chicken coop with sufficient air movement and correct ventilation will help take away the dust and bad smell from the coop.

speaking of walls, the chicken coop walls should have correct insulation installed that will help keep the chickens dry. So long as chickens are dry, they can handle cold climates very well, but humidity and cold weather will cause health issues for your birds. Therefore , insulated walls are a must!

Temperature control and Lighting for Chicken Coop

often chickens need warn body temperature to steer a healty life. They are renowned for sickness if there is not proper temperature is maintained. Fitting a lights inside a chicken coop is terribly important and it solve the temperature problem. Good light source not only keep chicken healthy but its help your chicken to lay egg through the year. If you chicken coop is small single light source is enough and keep the buld at the celig of the chicken coop.

I like to recommend you to use natural lighting and heating along with with electric bulb. The natural sunlight is enough in the summertime and you can switch to light in winter for the chicken coop. For daylight you want to design chicken coop in such way that daylight nter the coop thru out the day. Keeeping a Glass window on west and east side on the chicken coop roof will help the sunlight to go into the coop thru out the day. This will also help you to save electricity.
I like to recommend you to use the Building a chicken coop e-book.
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