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Building a Chicken Ark

Welcome to the Chicken Ark

The Chicken Ark’s aim is to help you get the best house for your chickens. We guide you through the different types of coops, downloadable plans, complete kits and the ranges of ready-made hen houses, both simple and elaborate.
Easy-to-build Downloadable Chicken Ark Plans
Plus a Complete Guide to Keeping Chickens
The Chicken Ark has sourced an [...]

Build a Chicken Ark - A Great Way of Getting Started With Chickens

Keeping chickens is easy and very rewarding. I still love going out to the chicken ark and collecting, warm, fresh eggs. My ‘girls’ are so entertaining, too. Each one is a different character and sometimes I just stop to listen while they quietly cluck away, or watch them scratching around while the sun [...]

Praise for ‘Building A Chicken Coop’ Book

We liked this review of the Chicken Coop Plans book. it’s always helpful to read reviews before you buy a product. Find out more, and buy the Building A Chicken Coop Book here.

“…If you are considering keeping chickens in your back yard, you must read this book. Whether you have a tiny [...]

Chicken Ark or Fencing?

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 [...]

How to Choose a Chicken Coop

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 Ark or Hen House?

A chicken ark is simple to build and works well for up to 4-6 chickens, and is the sensible solution if you do not want a permanent hen house. The flexibility of being able to move it around your plot can be very important.
But if you’d like a permanent hen house that’s as simple to [...]

Chicken Coop Deluxe

For the more ambitious chicken keeper - or those of you who have succumbed to the delights of keeping chickens and are increasing the size of your flock, the chicken coop plans I have been writing about include complete plans for this splendid large chicken house. It has a run tht can be attached plenty [...]

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

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