Building chicken coops for dummies
By: by Todd Brock, Dave Zook, and Rob Ludlow .
Contributors: Zook, Dave; Ludlow, Rob
Series: --For dummies; --For dummies
Publisher: Wiley Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780470598962
Subjects: Housing; Chickens; Amateurs' manuals; Design and construction
Description: Whether you have a small city lost, a suburban backyard, or a rural farm, this friendly guide gives you easy-to-follow and customizable plans for building a backyard chicken coop.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: All cooped up : Flocking to your own chicken coop ; Beginning with housing basics ; Gathering your gear ; Deciding on materials ; Building your carpentry skills; title: Constructing a coop : Preparing the site ; Laying the number : framing 101 ; Adding walls, doors, windows, and a roof ; Building creature comforts ; Assembling a run ; Plugged in : basic electricity for your coop; title: Checking out coop plans : The minimal coop ; The alpine a-frame ; The urban tractor ; The all-in-one ; The walk-in; title: The part of tens : Ten or so things novice coop-builders would have done differently ; Ten or so cool ideas to trick out your coop.