RSS FeedTo Build or Not to Build a Chicken House: Technology Toolkit
Today, many people have returned to growing and raising their own food. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the current food supply does not have the nutritional value or the pure, home-grown attributes it once had. Furthermore, there is an aura of mystery surrounding what happens to food prior to its landing on the grocery store shelf. For example, beef, pork and poultry are more often then not injected with all sorts of drugs and growth hormones and handled in ways that raise serious animal welfare concerns. Today’s enlightened consumers are interested in making healthy lifestyle choices.
Keeping a few chickens in the back yard is an easy, inexpensive and increasingly acceptable option. If you’re contemplating producing your own eggs the single most important factor, aside from the chickens, is a place to house your flock. When considering a chicken coop, you have several options.
One cost-effective option is to build the chicken coop yourself. When doing so it is imperative that you have directions that offer guidance in choosing the proper building materials. You want to make sure your coop will be be able to withstand the elements and have a long productive life. Good design and quality materials are crucial elements as well. You may be the best carpenter in town, but if the plans and building materials are not up to par, you’ve wasted your precious time and money and jeopardized your chickens.
Another option, which is becoming increasingly popular, is to purchase a pre-assembled, chicken coop. Imagine having one delivered right to your home – ready to use. Today, many people associate pre-built structures with the Amish of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Known as “the plain people,” their culture has long stressed simplicity and organized living. Years before backyard storage sheds were popular with mainstream America; the Amish would construct small, simple structures (out-buildings) to store farm supplies, tools and other equipment that didn’t belong in the house or barn. They also modified these buildings for chickens and other types of livestock.
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