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How To Build a Hen House-3 Crucial Mistakes To Avoid

September 4, 2009 By Terry 1 Comment

If you want to build a hen house you will need to avoid making costly mistakes that will leave you out of pocket and with a disaster diy job on your hands. This article tells you the 3 crucial areas you must not overlook..

When starting to build your own hen house you will need to discover how to build a hen house and the 3 major areas where your project can go badly wrong. In this article I look at these 3 factors which include

1) Location
2) Materials
3) Protection of your birds.

1) The Location of your hen house

You will need to make sure that the location of your house is well chosen because your birds will need to be protected from predators, the elements and must have adequate light and ventilation. If you locate your house on a hilly area or slope you will incur the extra cost of levelling out the ground because you must locate your coop on a sound base to give it structural integrity.

2) Materials for your hen house

The materials you choose are very important because if you go the cheapest route possible you will end up with a hen house that will not last any length of time and will lead to unhappy and unproductive birds.

3) Protection of your birds

The protection of your birds, and your investment, is critical to your long term success, whether for your own supply of eggs and chicken, or whether you intend going a more commercial route. Depending on where you live you may need to erect fencing around your hen house and some predators have been known to burrow under the fence and under the hen house.[ReviewAZON asin="1580176275" display="inlinepost"]
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These are 3 of the main factors to consider when you decide to build a hen house. But there are many others which are of equal importance such as lighting, water supply, feeders and chicken coop accessories.

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Build Your Own Hen House-How To Build a Cheap Chicken Coop

September 2, 2009 By Terry 2 Comments

If you want to build a cheap chicken coop and get involved in chicken raising you must consider a number of factors.

One of the most important is the materials you use. Discover how to build the cheapest way possible.

When you decide to build your own hen house you will obviously want to stick to a strict budget otherwise you will find your costs escalating. In this article I explain how to avoid that happening.
You will need to consider the materials you use, the location of your coop, light and protection.

1) Materials
You can skimp on the cost of your materials but this is probably not a good idea if you expect to keep chickens long term. You can make a hen house out of almost anything including barrels, thrown away timber, corrugated iron but in the long run you are better to invest in good timber which will lead to productive chickens and a weather and predator resistant chicken coop.

2) Location
The location of your coop is an area where you can keep your costs down if positioned carefully on a good level piece of ground that does not require any earth moving.
The location will also influence the protection required for your birds from predators as if they are within watching distance your job will be easier and may not require a big investment in fencing and protection.

3)Protection and light
The proximity to your house will not only lead to better protection from predators but will also reduce your cost when it comes to the supply of water and possibly light to your birds. It can be costly to run a power supply out to your birds if they are a good distance away.

These are some of the factors you will need to consider; there are many other factors to bear in mind before you build your own hen house.

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