It is important to find the right plan when building a chicken coop.
There are many things you will need to know before you even get started, and the right plan should deal with all that.
To start you will need to know about how best to locate where you will be building your chicken coop.
This is important for many reasons.
First you will need to find a fairly flat area so you will be able to build a good solid foundation.
If there is not an area on your property flat enough you will need to do some landscaping.
You will need to know about lighting in the coop and how best to locate the coop so that will be dealt with naturally.
You also need to consider wind and rain and from what direction the wind will be blowing and how to prevent drafts in the coop.
When you are considering the design of your chicken coop, size is very important.
There are accessories you will need inside the coop, such as nesting boxes, feeders and water dishes and also perches.
Depending on the number chickens you plan to keep you may need more than one of each item listed.
You need to allow a certain amount of space for each individual chicken.
Last but not least you will also need room to move around inside when it is time to clean the coop and collect eggs.
You must build a coop that will keep out predators.
It is also important to build a run around the coop.
The run is where your chickens will hang out during the day.
You will need to know how much room to allow for each chicken just as you do inside the coop.
The run also needs to be built to keep out predators.
You will need a good sturdy fence which you will entrench in the ground.
It will also need to be high enough to prevent predators from jumping over it.
All of this and more will need to be addressed and should be addressed in the plan you choose.
When you build the coop you should know why you need to do certain things in a certain way and why you should include certain things.
The plan you choose should address all those things.
It should cover the different materials you can use when building your coop.
They should give you the pros and cons as to why you should use one as opposed to another.
It should offer suggestions on how you might save money.
If you don't have all of this information you might decide to take shortcuts that could be extremely costly for you and your chickens.