Is it worth getting a set of chicken coop plans or not - is a question asked by many novice chicken keepers, in particular those individuals who reside in urban areas. You may be on a tight budget, thinking that the plans are an area where you could make some savings. This could be right but for most people this could be false economizing. Let me instill some more clarity into it.
Most people do not realize following:
1. That professional chicken coop building plans take into account welfare of your chickens through inclusion of elementary factors, which are responsible for the safety of your chickens as well as their health, well-being and longevity. For example, chickens perspire, so the coop design provides provisions for ventilation in order to regulate temperature inside the coop to best suit your chickens;
2. Through being tried and tested countless times, professional coop building plans are designed in a way that simplifies the entire coop building process, reducing stress levels and saving you money;
By knowing someone with experience who can include the elementary requirements into hand drawn plans, you may as well go ahead with constructing the coop by just following those. If it is just you, building the coop for the first time, there is thousand and one valid reason to choose good set of professionally designed chicken coop plans. And let me provide some additional proof to demonstrate why I so passionately believe in their value. The coop and the run are your chicken's sanctuary, they are your chicken's home. Chickens are homely creatures and, at the end of the day, they will look for a place where it feels safe to rest for the night. Experts believe that the chicken coop alone accounts for as much as 3/4 of your chickens health and well-being. If designed as highly functiona, the coop will contribute in minimizing the risk of disease or similar problems on an ongoing basis, helping you in raising healthy flock of birds right from the start.
Well built chicken house ajoint with the chicken run comes with provisions for lighting, ventilation and insulation in addition to perching bars, dust baths and nesting boxes. These elementary requirements may seem too much to think about for a novice but they are essential for your chicken's health and well-being and need to be accounted for right from the start. In the same breath, all of this becomes easy with a good set of building plans as professionally designed chicken coop plans provide provisions for these elementary requirements. In addition, the plans advise on where to source best building materials while avoiding toxic chemicals, commonly used as treatment agents for some of the building materials. The plans advise on positioning the coop to prevent damp from accumulating inside of it. And lastly, they cater for the safety of your birds. Here is an example of someone who thought he would save money by not using the plans when building his first ever chicken house: a client of mine lost all their chickens to a skunk because his chicken house was not properly secured, enabling the skunk to gain access one night and kill all of his chickens. As the tragedy happened he went ahead with purchasing a set of plans and has since built brand new, properly fenced and secured chicken coop.
Most people do not realize following:
1. That professional chicken coop building plans take into account welfare of your chickens through inclusion of elementary factors, which are responsible for the safety of your chickens as well as their health, well-being and longevity. For example, chickens perspire, so the coop design provides provisions for ventilation in order to regulate temperature inside the coop to best suit your chickens;
2. Through being tried and tested countless times, professional coop building plans are designed in a way that simplifies the entire coop building process, reducing stress levels and saving you money;
By knowing someone with experience who can include the elementary requirements into hand drawn plans, you may as well go ahead with constructing the coop by just following those. If it is just you, building the coop for the first time, there is thousand and one valid reason to choose good set of professionally designed chicken coop plans. And let me provide some additional proof to demonstrate why I so passionately believe in their value. The coop and the run are your chicken's sanctuary, they are your chicken's home. Chickens are homely creatures and, at the end of the day, they will look for a place where it feels safe to rest for the night. Experts believe that the chicken coop alone accounts for as much as 3/4 of your chickens health and well-being. If designed as highly functiona, the coop will contribute in minimizing the risk of disease or similar problems on an ongoing basis, helping you in raising healthy flock of birds right from the start.
Well built chicken house ajoint with the chicken run comes with provisions for lighting, ventilation and insulation in addition to perching bars, dust baths and nesting boxes. These elementary requirements may seem too much to think about for a novice but they are essential for your chicken's health and well-being and need to be accounted for right from the start. In the same breath, all of this becomes easy with a good set of building plans as professionally designed chicken coop plans provide provisions for these elementary requirements. In addition, the plans advise on where to source best building materials while avoiding toxic chemicals, commonly used as treatment agents for some of the building materials. The plans advise on positioning the coop to prevent damp from accumulating inside of it. And lastly, they cater for the safety of your birds. Here is an example of someone who thought he would save money by not using the plans when building his first ever chicken house: a client of mine lost all their chickens to a skunk because his chicken house was not properly secured, enabling the skunk to gain access one night and kill all of his chickens. As the tragedy happened he went ahead with purchasing a set of plans and has since built brand new, properly fenced and secured chicken coop.
