Stirling De Cruz Coleridge - Chicken Coop & Run Chicken Keeping For Beginners

Chicken Coop

& Run

Chicken Keeping

For Beginners

Simple Guide To Raising Poultry Flock

In Your Backyard

Stirling De Cruz Coleridge

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by Stirling De Cruz-Coleridge

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Disclaimer This book is not intended as a substitute for the advice of legal professionals. Please seek advice on laws and regulations about keeping poultry in your area.

A Bit Of Chicken Coop History

T he prehistory of chicken keeping appears to be mummified remains of domesticated chickens, found in ancient Egypt, dating to around 2000 B.C.E. The civilization's diet consisted primarily of grain, and they had no idea how to produce meat.

Chicken coops and runs have been used since the late 1800s when chickens first became a popular food source.

An early picture of a chicken pen can be seen in the painting by William Hogarth, Peasants finding a Rotten Apple in Herdman's Pigs (c 1747).

Why Keep Chickens?

C hickens are clean animals. They do not make a mess, eat bugs and other small creatures, poop and pee on plants, and stink people up when they poop.

Chickens are easy to maintain. You don't need a yard service, and they don't talk back to you when they feel like it. Although they make sounds, they are quiet, but chickens don't yell at you or leave the coop.

Chickens are primarily vegetarian. Besides, the fresh eggs they produce are good for you and last longer than they do in the store or your fridge. Plus, you have cute little chickens if you can't have other pets.

When the chickens eat bugs, they eat them whole and poop out just the shells, so it makes clean up a lot easier so; even if you're a messy person, you can still have chickens!

What Is A Chicken Coop?

A chicken coop is a house where hens can live and lay eggs. A chicken coop should be large enough for all the chickens to have space to sleep and move around. They should also be well ventilated, warm, dry, clean from dirt or dust with an excellent non-slip footing on the ground. There are many different kinds of chicken coops you can build yourself out of wood, metal or plastic.

People build chicken coops out of wood because it's cheaper than the other materials. Chicken coops are designed so that the chickens can't scratch or peck their eggs. A boomer is a rectangular-shaped house made of wood that hens live in. A chicken tractor is a mobile chicken coop that people move around while the chickens are free to scratch at their favourite spots in the garden. There are many different kinds of coops for sale, such as pre-made chicken coops and wooden houses, to lay eggs in. A mobile hen house often has wheels attached to it so people can move them around while they protect hawks and other predators. However, this kind of chicken house is only a temporary solution to predators who can see or hear them quickly while they are stationary.

Another option for chickens owners is to build him a henhouse themselves. It will be cheaper and easier than buying one. It can also help you learn by yourself. You know how to build chicken housing if you have never done that before. This kind of chicken house can be made in any shape or size to fit your specific needs, such as when you want them to lay more eggs, or when you want it more spacious for them, or even when it's built for them so that they can walk around freely while they are living in it.

You can help your chickens be healthier if you build a chicken tractor instead of keeping them in a closed coop all day. A chicken tractor is a mobile coop, also called a hen house. It's cheap and easy to build and requires little maintenance, as well as it is more spacious for the chickens so they can walk around freely in it.

Chicken tractors are designed to scratch and peck at their favourite spots in the garden while leaving their droppings there. Chicken tractors are not moved too far from where people grow their vegetables or fruits and are moved from one spot to another daily. This helps keep pests away from your garden while fertilizing it with chicken manure.

A chicken coop can also be made of other materials as well as wood. A metal chicken coop is easy to move around because they are lightweight. Plastic hen houses are also easy to move around because they are light and more accessible to clean than a wooden hen house. Some plastic hen houses are made with solar energy, which means there is no need for electricity since they will dry up when the sun shines on them.

Chicken coops can also be portable, like a mobile chicken house or a portable plastic hen house which you can carry with you when you move or travel. A portable chicken house is a mobile coop that people have while the hens are free to scratch at their favourite spots in the garden.

There are many different kinds of chicken coops you can build yourself out of wood, metal or plastic.

Why Have A Chicken Coop?

T he purpose of a chicken coop is to provide security and shelter for chickens. It's used to protect chickens from predators and weather elements. It also provides them with easy access to food, water and space they need for laying eggs. This area consists of the nesting box as well as access to a roosting place which can be different depending on the size of the hens (hen keeping rules you can make any dwelling without doors if you want only species that does not need doors) since the architecture varies according to species.