If you need to keep your chickens safe and contained, simple fencing will do. it will keep them off the rest of the plot. This solution works well when you have a fair amount of rough ground - the chickens here will peck and scratch this area clean, then it can be dug over [...]
Archive for ‘April, 2009’
How to Choose a Chicken Coop
Tuesday Apr 7,2009 by admin
Chicken Arks and hen houses come in a range of shapes and sizes, suitable for different numbers and sizes of chicken. A good set of chicken coop plans could be all you need to get started. When you’re starting out in keeping chickens you need to ask some key questions to identify what sort [...]
Chicken Arks - the Free Range Solution?
Wednesday Apr 1,2009 by admin
If you keep your chickens in a chicken shed or run, you obviously have to feed them. They will not get access to the same variety of diet that hens allowed to peck and roam have. Thee has been much discussion about the difference in the nutritional values of eggs from hens kept in different [...]
Building a Chicken Coop
Bill Keane's excellent book has complete sets of plans and instructions for a chicken ark, a medium size hen house and a chicken coop that will house a larger flock. Click here to download
There's also a full guide to raising and keeping chickens to get you started in this rewarding hobby.
There's also a full guide to raising and keeping chickens to get you started in this rewarding hobby.