Best Chicken Coop Designs
If you are thinking about keeping chickens you’ll want to start by preparing a coop for them. Too many floor plans and layouts choices can seem perplexing. This article will cover several of the different types of chicken pens and their purposes.
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It’s simple to decide which type of chicken house to use when you consider some details. Such as: Does it need to be portable? How many chickens will it hold? How much space is available? These are all essential things to consider. An example would be if you only have a handful of hens and want to be able to move your chicken house, then you would probably want a portable chicken arc.
Let’s look at the small coop design first. Small coops will hold only a handful of chickens. Small chicken pens hold around two to six hens. These are not chicken coops designed for raising hens for profit. A common way to make these small coops is to use fencing all around it. Keeping your hens from escaping and wandering about your neighbor’s yard.
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Mid-sized chicken coops are designed basically the same way, but hold a greater number of chickens. Even though a midium sized chicken coop can hold two times the amount of hens as the small coop, it is not adequate for raising chickens for profit. Whether from the chickens themselves or their eggs, the number of chickens you can raise in a small or medium pen will not make enough of either to be profitable.
Small and medium sized coops are best if you plan to make them moveable. If you want to raise numerous hens but still want the freedom of a portable chicken cage, then it would be best to build several mid-sized coops.
finally the large hen cage designs. There are no limitations when it comes to the large coop. You simple construct them as large as needed to accommodate the number of hens you are raising. The standard for the run is 6 sq ft per chook, but enthusiasts vouch for 10 sq ft. For twenty chickens that would add up to 200 sq ft of area outside of the coop’s footage, for run space.
An metropolitan setting lends itself to an enclosed portable chicken ark. Closing in the coop area will prevent your chickens from becoming your neighbor’s pests, as well as reduce the chances of them getting loose and getting hit by passing cars or neighborhood pets such as dogs or cats. This is not as big of an issue in the country.
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