Keeping chickens is one of the best contributions you can make to our environment. If you are a chicken owner, natural egg producer or looking to be so I commend you.The less battery hen and hormone overfeed chickens the better in my book plus Raising Chickens in your own chicken coups is like little eco system itself. You recycle your food scraps and for that you get high quality fertilizer for your garden and the tastiest, freshest Eggs around!
When your chickens fell secure and comfortable, caring for your chickens is easy.
Chicken Coups-4 tips to consider
Chickens a certain amount of room in a hen house – 4 square feet per chicken in for chicken coups Don’t forget to allow for future growth of your flock as you may want to keep more chickens than expected
An easy way to keep you chicken coups clean is to provide chicken roosts, poles or tree branches for roosting and place poop trays underneath them. They do like to poop alot and it can get quite messy after a while.
Be careful about your insulation..if you live in a super hot or cold climate your coup will need to be insulated and it may surprise you but if your chickens can get at your insulation they will and they love to peck and eat the insulation, so be aware it is not good for your chickens or eggs.
Sturdy Chicken Coups – will Save Your Chickens!
Chicken predators are more savey than you think…unexpected hawks will swoop from above especially if you have little chicks and take them in one quick fowl swoop. They can also attack larger chickens from the ground. Dogs, foxes, cats and other animals will dig to get to your chickens. Often chicken owners are perplexed about how predator’s get in but one of the best solutions is dig about a foot deep when your fencing.
Cleaning out your chicken coup regularly keeps your chickens healthy and the rodents away. So having a chicken coop that is easy to clean is an essential for disease free chickens and regular egg production.
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