Building a Chicken Coop? Avoid This Expensive Mistake!
When I first came up with the idea of becoming a urban chicken farmer I thought that the whole process would be relatively straight forward. Just buy some chicks, buy a chicken coop and feed the chickens my leftover dinner table scraps. How wrong was I! The money required to just go out and buy all these components soon mounts up.
I decided to come up with a spreadsheet of costs and identify areas in which I could save. The first was the chicken coop. I looked at the pre-built models and decided that they were way too expensive, so I decided to build my own chicken coop using a set of DIY chicken coop plans.
I searched the internet and found some free plans. However when I presented these to the owner of my local DIY store he laughed and said that I had better go back to the drawing board. I still thank that man to this day as I realize that the coop that I would have constructed would have been unsafe for my chickens. My main criteria when selecting which set of plans and guide to go for was the health and safety of my chickens. Next was how easy were the plans to read and did the plans come with step by step instructions.
There were so many sites advertising so many sets of chicken coop designs and chicken runs that I almost gave up! I was really confused and frustrated as the websites seem to be offering what I wanted and the guides seemed to fit my criteria. I ended up buying about ten guides in total. I swiftly got refunds for 7 of them!
I eventually narrowed down my selection to three guides that I have now reviewed in full on my website. These three guides fit the above criteria and if you are really interested in making your own coop then I would suggest that you check each of these out.
I decided to come up with a spreadsheet of costs and identify areas in which I could save. The first was the chicken coop. I looked at the pre-built models and decided that they were way too expensive, so I decided to build my own chicken coop using a set of DIY chicken coop plans.
I searched the internet and found some free plans. However when I presented these to the owner of my local DIY store he laughed and said that I had better go back to the drawing board. I still thank that man to this day as I realize that the coop that I would have constructed would have been unsafe for my chickens. My main criteria when selecting which set of plans and guide to go for was the health and safety of my chickens. Next was how easy were the plans to read and did the plans come with step by step instructions.
There were so many sites advertising so many sets of chicken coop designs and chicken runs that I almost gave up! I was really confused and frustrated as the websites seem to be offering what I wanted and the guides seemed to fit my criteria. I ended up buying about ten guides in total. I swiftly got refunds for 7 of them!
I eventually narrowed down my selection to three guides that I have now reviewed in full on my website. These three guides fit the above criteria and if you are really interested in making your own coop then I would suggest that you check each of these out.