| Now that you did your homework on outlined in | | | | your neighbor's saw. |
| articles 1 through 4, you all will be getting your | | | | The planning and preparation can take more time and |
| backyard chicken coops made easy. | | | | effort than actually building a backyard chicken coop. |
| You have already completed the following: | | | | Do you like the planning part? Then that's not so bad. |
| -Planned Ahead. | | | | Not really good at it? Do you want to skip the |
| -Chose a good site. | | | | planning part? Then you should consider purchasing |
| -Sketched your chicken coop design on paper (or | | | | some quality coop plans to truly make it easy. |
| purchased ready made plans). | | | | Good plans will have: |
| -You gathered all your materials. | | | | -Different floor plans and features to choose from. |
| Now all you have to do is put it together. | | | | -Scale drawings and maybe video. |
| Getting It Done | | | | -Complete materials list. |
| There really shouldn't be much in the way preparation | | | | -A fair price. |
| here except: | | | | Great Plans will be designed to: |
| -Pick a day with favorable weather. | | | | -Minimize the number of tools required. |
| -Make sure you have all the tools you'll need for the | | | | -Maximize the use of standard lumber sizes. |
| job. | | | | -Allow for easy modifications. |
| -Don't forget a helper for an extra pair of hands (if | | | | -Allow for use of recycled materials. |
| you need them). | | | | -Provide suggestions for recycled materials sources. |
| If you planned successfully then you are prepared to | | | | The bottom line is you need a good plan to guide |
| follow your plan and enjoy the process. If you didn't | | | | you through the process. Whether you make your |
| plan quite so well then you will find yourself in the | | | | own or buy one, a good set of plans is essential for |
| truck running back and forth to the lumber yard or | | | | getting chicken coops made easy! |
| hardware store. You might even need to borrow | | | | |