With dozens of chicken coop designs to choose from, it can be frustrating figuring out which would be best for you. How will you narrow down your choices from sheds to coops to Chicken Hutch plans? There is one simple, rule of thumb to follow when you first begin narrowing the options. That rule is to first decide exactly how many chickens your thinking about keeping?<\/p>\n
Do you want a large number of chickens with a big chicken coop so you can sell the eggs to get a small profit (eggs made by home grown chickens almost always taste better then store bought)? Then you should get around 30 chickens. If you want a smaller flock just to feed the whole family then all you will need is 7 or 10 chickens. But if your the self sustaining bachelor who just wants to save some money at the grocery store you will only need 2 or 3.<\/p>\n
If your only planning on keeping one or two chickens, building a chicken hutch will probably be the right thing for you. A chicken hutch will get the job done, it’s cheap, and it’s not very time consuming. They are so small some people even place their hutches into their coops, so you can always expand on what you’ve built later when you decide to accumulate more chickens.<\/p>\n
Its an important tip to keep in mind that you should always build a good sized door. I cant tell you how many people I know have asked me what do do when their chickens become to “fat”. Its better if your chicken door is to big then if its to small. Its better to build a bigger chicken hutch door then building a wooden flap. As this makes it a lot harder for the chickens to get in.<\/p>\n
Chicken coops are built on the ground, but the hutch varies from this design in that it needs to be raised off the ground about a foot. All you’ll need to do is provide your chickens with a ramp that you can remove at night. The reason for this is because it will make for faster cleaning and better protection from predators.<\/p>\n
The best way to make the chicken hutch easy to clean is to install a roof that is removable. Due to the size of the chicken coop you will have to clean it more often then you would a normal coop luckily the task is a lot quicker then if it was a regular sized coop. I personally would clean my chicken hutch once a day at the most and twice a week at the least. Its worth noting that you should install a latch on the chicken roof to defend against smart predators.<\/p>\n
If you live in an urban area or have a small yard, or are just beginning, a starting out with a chicken hutch is a smart idea.<\/p>\n
Learn more about the Chicken Hutch Plans<\/a>. Stop by David Daffae’s site where you can find out all about Chicken Coop Designs<\/a> and what they can do for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With dozens of chicken coop designs to choose from, it can be frustrating figuring out which would be best for you. How will you narrow down your choices from sheds to coops to Chicken Hutch plans? There is one simple, rule of thumb to follow when you first begin narrowing the options. That rule is to first decide exactly how many chickens your thinking about keeping?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1652,1653,74,1654,248,185,401],"class_list":["post-1344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-container-gardening-ideas","tag-chicken-behavior","tag-chickens","tag-container-gardening-ideas-2","tag-farm-and-ranch","tag-home-and-family","tag-home-and-garden","tag-pets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}