Our chickens are now giving us a good amount of eggs. We only have five hens and are averaging four eggs per day.
Recently I posted an update on our chickens and the coop that we built for them. In that post, I told you that I love having chickens far more than I expected. We have never kept chickens before, so we started out small. Now I'm wishing that we had more but I only built a small coop. We could fit a few more birds in there, but the best option would be to build a 2nd coop. Last year I had trouble finding info on how to build a chicken coop so I made with without plans. It worked out pretty well, but I think I can build a coop faster with some good plans. Again, I've been searching for info on building an easy chicken coop, and I think I may have found it!
Its a ebook simply titled Building A Chicken Coop. It promises easy step-by-step printable plans for coops of all different sizes. It also covers things that are not as usual to find in chicken books such as what the cheapest and best materials to build with are. The first line of their promo sounds great: "Discover How To Easily Build An Attractive And Affordable Chicken Coop That Protects Your Chickens From Predators,Maintains Their Health And Delivers More Delicious Eggs". Wow, that covers all of the important stuff! I'm excited to check this out.
I can't wait to build something new for the chickens so we can get a bunch more in the spring. In the meantime, our five are enjoying the new grazing pen I made for them.
My current coop will have to do until I have time to read Building A Chicken Coop and decide which coop plan to follow.
If you want to see for yourself more about the book I'm talking about, you can Click Here!
Hopefully we will have a mild winter and I can get started building a new coop before spring. I'll let you know how it goes!
You might also want to check out The Garden Coop at www.thegardencoop.com. I built this coop almost entirely by myself - no small feat. And the gentleman (John) who sells the plan answered all of my email questions promptly and thoroughly. And the overall shape of the coop is similar to the one you built (which is nice too!)
Posted by: jj | November 10, 2009 at 09:52 AM
Thanks for the tip on what appears to be a great resource. There are a lot of people in Baltimore who are getting into raising chickens for eggs. I'll have to pass your info on.
Posted by: joeltheurbangardener | November 14, 2009 at 06:53 PM
It is great to hear that someone else has been converted to keeping chickens. Good luck with it.
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