Chicken Coop
House chickens in a suitable chicken coop
Chicken Coop
livestock | building | smallholding
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Chicken Coop (also known as
Chicken House) is essential if you intend to
keep chickens. It provides protection from predators such as
foxes, and from the weather. A good chicken coop is dry and draught-free giving its inhabitants a safe warm place to spend the night. However,
ventilation is also vital to bring in new oxygen, and take away ammonia, carbon dioxide, and excess moisture. As long as poultry are kept dry they can cope well with cold weather, but if they are forced to live in a damp envirnoment many serious problems can occur.
Each chicken needs around
6 square feet of space - with a large
laying hen really needing at least 8 sq. ft. if it is to be kept happy.
Attached to the chicken coop is usually a
chicken run in which the chickens can move around and do what chickens do - clucking and pecking around. These runs are usually made of an arc of chicken wire which is buried deeply into the earth on either side to prevent predators from digging under and attacking the chickens.
Buy a Chicken Coop
You cannot beat
eBay for the range and price of the
chicken coops on sale. At the time of writing (July 2008) over
400 chicken coops were listed for sale on eBay UK priced from 99p to £700.
Click here now to search eBay for
Chicken Coop, or here to search for
Eglu (the orange chicken coop and run pictured at the top of this article, and available used on eBay for well below the standard retail price. Manufactured by
Omlet).
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