Building your own chicken housing can seem difficult, as there are lots of things to consider to make sure you get it right the first time, especially if you have never kept chickens before or your not very DIY savvy. I had built DIY projects before but I hadn’t kept chickens, so when I designed my own hen house I made some costly mistakes.
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Despite what may seem a bit of a daunting project, with the right plans and a bit of planning, building your own hen house is not difficult. If you bought a pre-made coop, like everything these days they generally come in flat pack form anyway, so most likely you would still have to assemble it.
You can build your own for a fraction of the cost, using only basic tools. Although there’s lots of stuff to plan for, it’s not rocket science. Besides help is available, I’ve found plans that give you step by step instructions and are not much more work than assembling a pre-fabricated coop.
When I built my coop, despite all our research, we didn’t get it right the first time. We drew our own plans but as we hadn’t kept hens before we over looked some important aspects of design that would have made cleaning the coop and collecting the eggs much easier.
This meant we needed to modify the design to try and make it more practical. Not only did this cost us some unnecessary expense but it’s much harder to modify a design after construction and it’s never as good as getting it right from the start.
The plans I found solved all the design issues I had, as well as making sure your chickens will have protection from predators which can be another major issue. If you follow these plans, your chicken housing will provide protection for your hens from all kinds of attack. Protection from predators that dig, ones that fly and ones that can lift things like the lid used to access the eggs easily.
No matter what size hen house you need, there is a plan for it, from small A frame portable chicken house to enormous chicken barns, as well as some good advice on the best and most cost effective building materials.
If your thinking “this could be difficult, I’ve never done this before” – it’s not, It’s really step by step. You’ll be getting all the right advice from someone who has had actual experience in keeping chickens. Trust me it’s worth paying good plans, then you too will have the satisfaction of building something yourself. and being able to proudly display your handiwork to your friends and neighbors. They’ll be impressed by your very professional looking and practical chicken housing
