Building Chicken Coops – DIY Chicken Coop Plans

Heating a Chicken Coop in Winter

John White — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:48:05 +0000

As a chicken owner, one pressing matter that may be on your mind as the temperatures start to drop is chicken coop heating. Although chickens are very resilient creatures and able to survive some pretty harsh conditions, you need to understand that it’s in your best interest to keep them comfortable throughout the season. The ... Read more Heating a Chicken Coop in Winter

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9 Must Have Coop Accessories

John White — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:05:06 +0000

The best way to create a healthy, happy and productive environment for your chickens is to use the right chicken coop accessories. Usually it takes a bit of guess work and experimentation before you can find the right products to keep your chickens happy. However, you can’t go wrong with these nine must-have accessories for ... Read more 9 *Must Have* Coop Accessories

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Chicken Coop Cleaning: 5 Tips for a Healthier Coop

John White — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 15:01:04 +0000

While you might love raising chickens, you may not have as much affection for cleaning the chicken coop. The good news is that ChickenCoopGuides.com has a few tips for chicken coop cleaning without cutting corners or putting the health of your birds at risk. So be sure you check out this guide before you next ... Read more Chicken Coop Cleaning: 5 Tips for a Healthier Coop

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Gary Adrian’s Chicken Coop Project

John White — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:53:10 +0000

I absolutely love it when fans and followers sends through photos of their successful coop project. Here’s one recent example that I just had to share with you. Gary in Iowa has been keeping us posted on his coop’s progress since May and it’s now complete and the flock has moved in. He used the Gambrel ... Read more Gary Adrian’s Chicken Coop Project

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Chicken Coop Insulation and Ventilation Options

John White — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 10:45:47 +0000

Now that winter is officially here, if you haven’t already (and you really should have done by now!) you need to look at your chicken coop insulation and ventilation. This is a place where everyone seems to ‘know’ the answer and yet there are a lot of wrong answers. I’m hoping to clear up some ... Read more Chicken Coop Insulation and Ventilation Options

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Need Help Building Your Coop? Don’t Have Carpentry Skills?

John White — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 04:20:18 +0000

I get emails pretty often from folks who want to build a chicken coop of their own but just don’t have the skills or the time or even the ability due to age or disabilities. To them, I generally give one big suggestion that I am going to share now: time banking. If people have ... Read more Need Help Building Your Coop? Don’t Have Carpentry Skills?

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How To Find Cheap and Free Construction Materials (for any purpose!)

John White — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:44:05 +0000

So we’ve all been there: money is tight, but we have big plans to help our family with various projects (such as chicken coops). We look at the costs involved for the building supplies and we think to ourselves ‘we just can’t afford this right now!’ This type of negative thinking prevents a lot of ... Read more How To Find Cheap and Free Construction Materials (for any purpose!)

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Ken Lang’s Chicken Coop Project

John White — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 05:54:41 +0000

Hi folks! An awesome guy named Ken Lang contacted me recently and let me know about the brilliant things he’s doing in his back garden. I asked him to write about it and provide plenty of step by step pictures. “My name is Ken Lang and my wife’s name is Tina. We have been thinking ... Read more Ken Lang’s Chicken Coop Project

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Chicken coop inspiration…

John White — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:32:22 +0000

I found this video online a few days ago and I thought I’d share it with you… It shows a guy giving a tour of an fantastic coop he’s built that’s actually very similar to our “Chicken Shed” – one of the coop plans you get access to when you invest in a ChickenCoopGuides membership. ... Read more Chicken coop inspiration…

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We Just Added 3 New Coops…(including a mobile coop!)

John White — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 21:53:46 +0000

We recently added 3 new awesome chicken coop plans to our collection available to our members. Here below is the first new addition: “The Mobile Coop”… If you haven’t read my post from yesterday where I outline the amazing benefits of a mobile coop, read it here. If you would like to sign up and ... Read more We Just Added 3 New Coops…(including a mobile coop!)

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