DIY poultry house construction
Meet, in the photo, a poultry house for chickens, the construction and arrangement of which is available to every owner. A lightweight construction for the summer keeping of chickens at their summer cottage is built within two hours, when the corydalis are already on the doorstep. For year-round maintenance, building chicken coops is more difficult and more expensive.
Construction starts with a project
There are no undeveloped areas in subsidiary farming. And still chickens you need to provide a comfortable living environment. In a quiet place, behind a blank fence on a hill, we create a house with our own hands. It includes a lodge and a walking area. In summer, a covered space is needed for nightly resting for birds on the perch and for arranging nests for layers. The walking area should protect the flock from chicken hunters, from the scorching sun, and give the opportunity to bury the soft ground.
- sleeping place with perches of 20 cm for each individual;
- boxes for laying eggs for 1 for 6 layers;
- a roof that protects from precipitation and overheating on a sultry day;
- walking area with a canopy and a 1.8 m high mesh border;
- feeders and drinkers installed on the outside of the net.
- a wooden ladder connecting the chicken coop with the walk.
A neatly built, rationally arranged chicken house, as in the photo, will decorate the territory.
In such a house, the use of manual labor is minimal. The egg box is brought forward, the folding floor is easy to clean from below. Three chickens have enough space in the house. To keep more birds, there are other options for aerial light structures. It is important to create an aesthetic structure so that it fits into the landscape.
But the construction and arrangement of a poultry house for chickens as in this photo requires skills and should be entrusted to professionals.
Construction of poultry houses with winter chicken coops
Construction chicken coop for winter keeping livestock begin with the arrangement of the foundation. The base for the house is made taking into account the size of the room and the load on the sole. The chicken coop can be installed on concrete blocks reinforced at the corners. The rest of the space is filled up or laid with a brick tape. The base, the lower beam, must lie horizontally on the foundation strip.
The walls are made of timber or double walls are mounted on racks with a gasket inside the insulation. It can be any filler, including dry sawdust. The windows in the winter poultry house are small. You can get by with artificial lighting. The height of the walls is higher than human height. The floor is double wooden. The ceiling is covered with insulation from above, the roof is gable, for easy snow melting.
The door is fitted tightly, a vestibule is needed in front of the entrance so as not to cool the chicken coop when entering in winter. The ventilation holes are 2 pipes with dampers installed in the walls.It is necessary to provide for heating the room with an air heater or put a stove, but it should be inaccessible to chickens.
Birds when the temperature in the chicken coop is below 150 C do not rush, with minus - freeze the ridges. It is necessary to regulate humidity and temperature using ventilation pipes and heating. With excessive moisture in the warmth, chickens can develop lice and chewing lice.
The experience of arranging a winter chicken coop has shown that the keeping of chickens should be kept at the level of a meter from the floor. In the lower part, organize a day's walking with baths for bathing in an ash-sand mixture and for pecking minerals and hay dust. The warm room downstairs is used for walking, with an access to the street. In the upper part, perches are erected with retractable pallets for harvesting guano. There is a layer of sawdust in the pallets and on the floor. From the outside of the bedroom, feeders are reinforced along the entire length of the room, so that all individuals simultaneously have free access to food and water. Nests are installed at the top and bottom in secluded corners.
Perches should be installed 50 cm from the floor surface for free takeoff. Each chicken will need 20 cm of the length of the pole. It is necessary to exclude drafts in the room. Windows do not need to be cut. They will be replaced by electric lighting. Due to the absence of cracks and evaporation from chickens, high humidity is established in the room. What air exchange should be in the house? You can open the door of the potbelly stove, warm air will come out into the gap along with moisture. Fresh air will enter through the door slot and ventilation pipes.
In the summer, chickens go on their own to spend the night along the manhole, if there is a walking area nearby, covered with a net for poultry houses.
The photo shows a poultry house for chickens, the construction and arrangement of a corral and a vestibule is made in one block. The room is suitable for keeping hens all year round.
The poultry house for 10 heads is made on a timber frame, upholstered on both sides with boards. The roof is made of planks, covered with reeds. The foundation is columnar, made of wooden posts impregnated with machine oil and resin. Simultaneously with pouring the foundation, a frame is installed. The walls are double with insulation backfill. Outside, protection against blowing is created by upholstery with cardboard or roofing felt.
A metal mesh is laid on the adobe floor to prevent rodents from entering the chicken coop.
A plank floor is mounted on top, covered with a thick layer of sawdust. The ceiling and roof are made with a slope in the direction opposite to the run. There is a double window 60x120 cm, electrical wiring in a waterproof design. There is a walkway and perches. The insulated vestibule is also a place for storing food. The walk is arranged under the main room and is made of polycarbonate for light penetration. Chickens are protected from the wind, there is no snow in the fence, fresh air. The metal mesh creates a protective barrier.
It is not difficult to build a chicken coop if you already know the rules for keeping crested livestock in summer and winter.