Build Your Own Chicken Coop -Positioning

Positioning Your Coop


Hi folks,

Thanks for sticking with me all this while and learning more about the various factors needed to successfully build your own chicken coop. The topics we want to discuss today, like others can have direct influence on how many eggs your chicken lay. It is therefore a very important one you must pay attention to. If you have just joined us and looking to build your own chicken coop you can catch up on earlier articles you've missed here

This discussion is about positioning your chicken coop properly. Selecting the right spot to put the chicken coop is very important so that your are pleased with it for many years to come. Assess it from different angles as variety of things are going to be impacted by where the coop is located.


Consider the following few:


PROTECTION

Predatory animals vs protection. We discussed this in greater depth in the last article and if you haven't read it, I suggest that it will be helpful if you go back and read it now. In a nutshell, it is easier to keep a closer watch when you build a chicken coop and position it closer to where you're going to be.

If you have a large farm, it is likely that only certain areas of the farm encounter the animals so ensure that the spot you put the chicken coop is as far away as possible from that area.


CLIMATE

Climate plays an important factor when considering where to locate your chicken coop. If your area gets rain frequently then you can help reduce the amount of direct rain that hits the coop by building the chicken coop in an area that is more protected by nearby trees.

Also, if you do get a lot of rain, you’ll want to build the coop away from an area of the yard where water typically runs to since if that happens, you’re likely to have a flood chicken coop on your hands.

Consider also building your own chicken coop in an area that is close to a decent amount of tree or buildings to help shield the chickens from the wind if it's very windy in your area. Naturally you want good ventilation but you wouldn't want gust winds.
Building your chicken in an area that is near a decent amount of trees or buildings will help shield the chickens from the wind in a very windy area. Yes! you do want ventilation in the coop, but you don't want gusts of wind on regular basis.


SUNLIGHT

Finally for today, the need for natural sunlight is another very important factor to determine the positioning of the coop. Try and build the chicken coop in an area that is well lit as your chickens need a good amount of natural sunlight to effectively lay eggs. The alternative is to run electrical light to the chicken coop but this can become a very costly venture over time so position it right and maximize the natural sunlight.

Let these factors be in your mind and guide you when deciding on where exactly to put your chicken coop. If you do, you’ll be happy with it for the long term and you’ll definitely notice a big difference in the amount of fresh eggs you get daily.

Next time we’re going to take a look at the different chicken coop accessories you can also incorporate when you build your own chicken coop including feeders and nesting boxes to name a few.

For the complete guide on how to build your own chicken coop

Enjoy

Richmond

Build A Chicken Coop that Protect Your Chickens (2)

Hi there,

Remember we were last talking about how to build a chicken coop that protects your chickens.
Let's continue:

Identify Best Location To Place Your Coop

As mentioned in an earlier discussion,the location where you build the chicken coop is also vital to the issue of protection. Having the chicken coop in a close distance within the eye's range will naturally increase safety because you can keep a closer eye on the chickens and ensure their safety.

This is obviously not everyones ideal, however, this is where a mobile chicken coop gains advantage since it can be transported quite easily and quickly to a any location where you can keep a watchful eye.


Type of fence vs. Type of predator


Still on the subject of building a chicken coop that can protect your chickens, the type of fence that would be best to build your own chicken coop is an important factor to consider. Take into account the type of predator you may be dealing with and search out the different types of fences available and what would be best for you.

Typically, you would have to build the chicken coop low enough into the ground if the predators are digging animals so that it is difficult for them to burrow underneath it.


Larger predatory animals on the other hand would require that you build a fence that is incredibly sturdy to keep them out successfuly. This is why having a good guide to follow will help – it’s vital that you pair your needs with the variety of fence, else you may think you’re protecting your chickens, yet you may have simply added a bit of decoration to your chicken coop.

So be sure you’re keeping fencing and protection in mind. You could build the most perfect chicken coop ever, but if another animal decides to venture in, that perfect chicken coop could be no more.

Look forward to learning more information about understanding exactly where to position your chicken coop in the next article.

Richmond

How To Build Your Own Chicken Coop

Build A Chicken Coop that Protect Your Chickens

Hi ,

We have been looking at some fundamental issues necessary to building a chicken coop.
We 've looked at Choosing the best type of coop for your preferences; Choosing the correct materials; How to keep the costs down; How to build a chicken coop that will last many years. As much as these tips are very valuable you must be realistic of the fact that we cannot cover every fine detail in these articles.


The baisc information we have covered so far are the 'musts' of building a chicken coop
so that you don't have to spend more money than you ought to and at the same time be satisfied with the chicken house you have built.


We now want to look at the important issue of what to do to protect your precious chickens from predators At some point in time a predator is likely to come around unannounced so protection is a key element you cannot overlook in your project to build a chicken coop; if you intend to keep chickens on long term basis.


Animals such as larger dogs, foxes, rodents or coyotes may try to dig underneath the fence and get into the coop so these need to be considered when making safety assessments and what potential predators you may have in your area.


One way to find out possible predators in your area is to ask friends and neighbours in the area who have chicken coops if they've encountered any predators. This will help you take the right measures since you now know what you're dealing with..........

.....................To Be Continued shortly.

As much as these tips are very valuable having a Complete Good Guide to follow will help you build a chicken coop much faster without having to wait for the information in pieces