Build a chicken coop at home and read this article to find out. Let me first start by giving you an introduction to chicken coops. Hens use the chicken coop to lay eggs and the rest of the chickens use it for shelter. It’s important that the chickens have a place to call home. You can either have the chickens enclosed in or they can be free range. If there are predators nearby you should keep it enclosed or your chickens will end up as a free lunch to those predators. You would not want your birds to be eaten by fox or hounds.

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Depending on the number of chickens you want, the chicken coop size needs to accommodate that. It can be a small chicken coop or it can be a large one. You’ll need to have these priorities set in building your chicken coop.

-It’s important to give each chicken some breathing room and about 4.5 square ft. of space for each chicken is enough.

-There should be about 1 nest for every 2.5 chickens.

-Put a 9-10 inch perch length for each of your chickens.

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You should keep the above pieces of advice handy. Also make sure that the chicken coop is large enough that it provides storage. Be sure that the door to the chicken coop opens inwards and is large enough. This ensure that it is easy to access it when you need to clean it. You may want to consider putting a lock on it as well. The floor should also accommodate wood shavings of up to three inches.

Good luck with your building a chicken coop adventure. If you have any questions, just go to the links in the article and contact me.

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