When you choose to raise chickens you’ll need to have poultry coops to house your poultry. If you are new to the chicken farming hobby you may be unclear regarding the size chicken coops to build for your animals. Really you do not need to put lot of planningt into the dimensions of the house because these birds will spend the majority of their time in their yards than in their chicken huts.

The chicken runs and coopsthat you build need to have a spot in them that's got a roof to offer protection to the birds from the elements like rain, sleet, and snow, and they should have at least 2 walls to protect the animals from wind, and blowing rain. This location will be the chicken huts and the runs will be the fenced area that the birds will be permitted to roam around in.

These birds do not usually like to spend plenty of time in their huts. They’re going to be out in their runs as much as humanly possible. The sheds will be utilized when they're going to roost at night, and if you have created their chickens nesting boxes inside the dwelling they are going to use the hut when they're going to lay an egg. Otherwise they are going to be out of the confinement from early in the morning till it's time to go to roost at night.

So as to determine the size of the chicken coops to build for your pets you want to think about the quantity of pets you plan on having. If you intend to have 12 hens and a rooster then you will want an space that measures approximately 8′x16′. Your shelter does not have to be more than 4′x4 ‘ since the birds actually will only use it to roost in.

This measurement is not set in concrete as you'll find that these are the most flexible creatures to their living environments. They can live in much littler areas and they are able to live in cages that are just big enough for one bird to exist in. They can exist without ever touching the ground, so you can delay their cages in the air and they're going to survive. They do however appear to be happiest and the healthiest when you allow them contact with the ground, and when you give each individual bird about 2 foot of private space to ramble in.

The largest concern when you're determining what size chicken coops to build is the area you have to place the birds in. Look at your yard and decide where you can fit the birds in permanently, or if you will want to build portable cages that the birds can be around in. If you don't have one place that the birds can be permanently placed you can build the lightweight cages that are either raised off the floor or the cages that touch the surface. Build your cage to be about 2′x2 ‘ for each bird.

I'm Ernie Jones and I have been raising chickens and building my own coops for some time. I'm no professional carpenter but have constructed several great huts. I'd like to tell my experience in this post on what size of chicken coops to build, blueprints for a chicken coop and to provide you with info generally about chicken koop.