A Chicken Cage? No You Want A Chicken Coop!

Someone said a chicken cage, but if you are like a bunch of folks I know--the ones who have decided to raise some backyard chickens. You will be looking to put in a backyard chicken coop to house and protect your flock, not a chicken cage.

A chicken cage is how factory farms treat their egg-layers, all crowed together with no space to move around. Their beaks painfully clipped to keep them from pecking at each other--stacked one on top of another to maintain the profit levels—a rather bleak existence.

I very much doubt that is the situation you are looking to create. No, because you want access to healthy untainted eggs, you probably are looking for information about how to build a backyard coop.

Assembling a backyard hen-house, to create a home for your flock is quite simple and straightforward if you get a good set of plans to work from. By good set of plans--I mean plans that take you from---choosing the location, to the construction, the features, and the maintenance of the finished coop in one continuous format.

All these concerns need to be important to you, because they sure are important to the chickens.

Chickens have small brains with not much in the way of thinking ability, but they also possess powerful instinctual needs. Build a backyard coop that fulfills those needs and your flock will flourish and produce the benefits you are hoping for. Misunderstand or ignore those needs and you will almost certainly face problems on an ongoing basis.

A well laid out set of plans will allow you to consider and approach each of those issues on a step by step basis that will make building your backyard coop a resounding success.

See, building a backyard coop isn't the same as building a garden shed or doghouse. There is quite a bit more involved. Oh—it's not so complex you need to sign up for night-school courses to get the job done, but there are issues you must keep in mind to build the coop correctly.

Going through and following a good set of coop building plans will make all the difference in your project.

How do you start? By finding out what your birds will need to be safe, contented and thrive.

And finally begin your project at the beginning. Once you have made the decision to raise chickens in your backyard (and assuming your municipality allows that). Start with a good set of plans; build your chicken cage before you bring in your birds.

Want to learn more about an easy method for building Chicken Coops? Visit my website at www.chickencoopcenter.com for helpful tips and information on planning, building, and maintaining a great chicken coop.