| The planning aspect is vital in building a chicken coop. | | | | These pipes come in various sizes based on their |
| This is the part where you determine the materials | | | | diameter - one-half inch, three-fourth, one inch, 1 |
| you will need, the budget you will need and the | | | | ¼, 1 ½ and 2 inches. You will also need |
| design of your coop. One has to carefully plan for | | | | fittings to be able to complete your work. These |
| these things in order to successfully build the house | | | | include the elbow, the 90 and 45 degree bends which |
| for your chickens. | | | | can be two-way, three-way, four-way or five-way, |
| Choosing the design of your chicken coop is as | | | | long sweep, male and female adapters, the wyes and |
| crucial. Since what you will be creating is a house for | | | | the tees that help you connect one pipe with |
| your chickens, you should make sure that it will be a | | | | another especially for the corner parts. |
| safe and comfortable one for them. Otherwise, they | | | | PVC pipes are ideal for the open type of chicken |
| can just escape unnoticed or predators will gain entry | | | | coop. The pipes will serve as your main frame and |
| to their home. So it's of utmost importance that you | | | | then you can use aluminum screen combined with |
| build a chicken coop that will keep cats, dogs, hawks | | | | chicken wire for the covering. If you wish to build a |
| and snakes away from the birds as well as their | | | | closed type, you can use tarpaulin as covering. |
| chicks and their eggs. | | | | Your first goal is to measure the width and length of |
| The materials available today for this kind of project | | | | the floor space. If you have several chickens, make |
| are plenty. You can use wood, PVC pipes, tarpaulin | | | | sure that you provide sufficient space for them to |
| and even converted old and unused campers. For | | | | move around. After the floor space, you have to |
| wood, you don't actually have to buy new ones that | | | | measure the height of the coop you want. If you |
| can cost you so much as there are some second | | | | have a spacious backyard, you can create one as tall |
| hand stores from where you can buy cheap lumber. | | | | as you are so you can freely move inside while |
| But if you don't want to use wood to free yourself | | | | feeding and checking your birds. You can also make |
| from the trouble of nailing and hammering, your next | | | | perches using smaller pipes. For the covering, you can |
| option is to use the PVC pipes. | | | | use the same measurement as the floor space and |
| PVC pipes are cheaper to use and easy to work | | | | add the height as well. |
| with. All you have to do is to connect them using the | | | | When installing, the best way to ensure a strong |
| right materials or the so-called fittings. If you don't | | | | frame for your coop is to bury the pipes under the |
| want to be burdened by cutting the pipes, then all | | | | ground. From there, you can connect the rest of the |
| you need is to get the proper measurements before | | | | pipes. |
| you order. | | | | |