June 2010

Hot to Build Poultry Houses, Chicken Cages & Chicken Coop Plans (Kindle Edition)

by leeannm on June 22, 2010

Hot to Build Poultry Houses, Chicken Cages & Chicken Coop Plans

These guides can teach you the basics of raising chickens, poultry housing and layout. These books cover everything from where on the property to build, to material, feeding and more.Not only do you get chicken coop plans but also ideas for incubation, cleaning, feeding and much more.If you are looking for some great plans, from small to large – stationary to portable – home cages to commercial coops, these are very informative and instructive books.There are 4 complete books (more…)

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Watering your Chickens

June 14, 2010

Chickens need clean, fresh water every day.  Unlike feeding where chickens like to get together at the same time, they will drink water by themselves throughout the day. Waters should hold enough clean water for a day and should not get contaminated with chicken poop. Ideally you would have plumped in water for them so [...]

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Chicken Feeder Tips

June 12, 2010

There are many types of feeders with the most common being the trough and the hanger. If you are building a chicken coop make sure that your feeders are: Easy to clean Does not let the chicken feed get wet Discourages the chickens from getting into the trough and contaminating with poop Cannot be tipped over [...]

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Eglu Go – Green – Chicken House

June 10, 2010

The Eglu Go is the simple, stylish, straightforward way to start keeping chickens. It is designed for you to keep up to three medium chickens and they will be very happy and healthy in their new home. The Eglu Go comes complete with everything you need to get started. It has plastic roosting bars and [...]

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Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock [Paperback]

June 7, 2010

From the Back Cover Bring your chickens home to roost in comfort and style! Whether you’re keeping one hen in a small backyard or 1,000 hens in a large free-range pasture, you will find the perfect housing plan in this comprehensive handbook. Author and farmer Judy Pangman combed the country to select these 45 plans [...]

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Chicken Housing – 4 Must Read Tips before you build your Chicken Coop

June 5, 2010

People raise chickens for many different reasons. Some are show birds; other more commercial entities raise chickens for their meat whilst others keep chickens for their eggs and their pure entertainment! The type of chicken coop you choose for you chickens will depend on a number of things. These include how big your back yard [...]

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Country Living in the City

June 2, 2010

If you only have a limited area in your backyard or are city bound, then a small all in one chicken coop may be just the thing for you! These are great if you only want to have three or four chickens who will supply enough eggs for a smaller family anyway! The units are [...]

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