A chicken coop is a significant component for growing chickens in the backyard as it offers protective shelter and good place to sleep and eat.  Most of the individual don’t want to put money in buying readymade chicken coop because of several reasons such as increased rate of coop and disturbance of delivery.  This article provides the simple and easy steps to construct a strong and long-lasting backyard chicken coop.

An individual needs to plan well ahead of time before building the backyard chicken coop and should consider all the necessary things to build it.  Things such as number of chickens that accompany the coop, size of the chickens, number of nests for the chickens, number of feeders and waterers, and number of windows for the coop for enough sunlight should be considered before constructing the coop.  After finding all answers for the questions, the next step is to select a terrain to build the backyard chicken coop.  It is highly necessary to choose a region which has wide space for coop to fit in and running space for chicken.  Also, choose an area which it receives direct sunlight and far from weeds and heavy bushes to prevent snakes and rodents to reach the chicken.

Draw the design of the chicken coop in a paper before building the chicken coop and for this an individual doesn’t have to become an artist.  Draw every angle of the chicken coop, with the top view of the coop and plan of the inside coop.  At first, make a simple chicken coops, for starters no need for any architectural designing, as simple and easy design makes wonder.  Gather all the needed items before making the backyard chicken coop to prevent unexpected trip to timber stores.  The necessary items required to construct the chicken coop are concrete cinder blocks, wood (2 √ó4), chicken wire or fence wire, insulation strips, saw, hammer, nails, and screw.

Now, it’s time to make the chicken coop and necessary points to remember is to make enough ventilation, cover the chicken wire around the coop’s borders and insulate the top of the coop properly to save chicken from cold climates.  There are several benefits in building the own backyard chicken coop are low cost, recycled materials, custom-made, and using existing materials.  Constructing a backyard chicken coop is one of the best investments for any person.