| Building a chook house is relatively easy as long as | | | | This is really good when looking for raw materials to |
| you know what a chook is. Chook is how a chicken is | | | | complete a project for as little investment as |
| referred to in Australia. Many things are the same in | | | | possible. Just remembered chickens peak at |
| this world just referred to a little differently | | | | everything. Old moldy wood could cause you |
| depending on your location. But no matter if you call | | | | problems not only structurally but if the chickens |
| it a chook house or a chicken coop, the principle and | | | | digest mold, especially black mold, they could get sick |
| designs remain the same. A chook house provides | | | | or die. Another warning is the use of lead paint. I |
| your chickens with protection from predators and | | | | know of farmers that still have some of this on their |
| the weather while giving them fresh air and sunshine | | | | farms. It might have been decades since it was |
| to stay healthy. | | | | readily available, but it still available so be cautious. |
| The changes that need to be considered are the | | | | Chickens have been known to peak at their coops or |
| difference in weather patterns and the different | | | | houses. If it is painted with lead based paint, they will |
| types of predators that exist in your region. But | | | | ingest it. This will be transferred to their eggs and |
| most chook houses are made out of the same | | | | meat, which will not only shorten their life spans but |
| material no matter where you live. The list is generally | | | | also the humans that eat them. |
| lumber, plywood, nails, staples and chicken wire. | | | | Hazardous building materials should be avoided to |
| I have known a lot of farmers in my life and like all | | | | raise healthy and nutritious chickens or chooks. |
| my relatives, they are pack rats. I always heard my | | | | Remember a safe chook house is a happy chook |
| grandfather say, "I will find a use for that someday". | | | | house. |