Chicken Coops for Sale in New Goshen, Indiana
Chicken Coops for Sale in New Goshen, Indiana
Build Your Own Chicken Coop – A story of chickens
So WAY back in March…Josh and I had a talk with the boys and we decided as a family that we would get some chickens. We were all pretty excited about this new adventure and couldn’t wait to get started! At the beginning of April we headed over to to figure out what we would need and how many chickens we wanted. They had a very helpful employee who told us everything we would need to know about taking care of our chickens. Also, lucky for us we had Housewife Gena available to answer any questions we might have!
The boys were excited to help pick out the chickens and were even more excited when the IFA staff told us the chicks needed to be held lots and lots so they would be used to the kids. 🙂� After about an hour there we came home with…
Six adorable chicks! Because we are a family of five we decided to get two chickens that are said to lay daily and four chickens that lay 3-4 times a week. We figured that would be plenty of eggs for us!
A couple weeks later, IFA did an Easter Egg Hunt. Now being a farm supply store, they don’t give away just candy in their eggs, they also give away…you guessed it CHICKENS! (And bunnies and ducks and turkeys) Housewife Jenn’s kids ended up with four leghorn chicks! Another family in our ward decided they didn’t need any extra chickens and gave Jenn’s family another two chicks! Since we were already building a coop for our chicks, we offered to let Jenn’s family’s chicks live with ours.
So here are the little chicks! Happy under their heat lamp and eating away! 🙂�
While our chicks were perfectly happy in the garage, in their tote…it quickly got too small for 12 chicks. As soon as they were ready, we transferred them to the backyard to a makeshift coop. I did not take a picture of the makeshift coop because…well it was pretty sad. It served it’s purpose and the chickens loved it but it was not anything you’d want to show off! With that in mind, Josh began the process of building a coop for our chickens. We saw a coop at IFA that we thought looked great! However, it was $600.00. As much as we liked our chickens…we didn’t $600.00 like them!
So Josh took a few measurements and we sketched out what we wanted for our chickens, using the IFA coop as inspiration. We took a trip to Lowe’s to price out our materials. We were lucky enough that we had left over wood, Jenn’s family had left over wood and a family a few houses down from us reroofed their house and donated their left over roofing supplies to us! It was our goal to use as many materials as we already had and keep the cost as low as possible!
Let me say now…Josh and I have never “built” anything. Really. This was quite an adventure for us (mostly Josh since he did almost all of the work) and I’m so happy with how it all turned out!
He started with the base for the coop itself. We wanted to make sure that there was enough clearance for the chickens to use under the coop as part of the chicken run.
He used four 3″ screws in each post to make sure it was nice and sturdy.
Wall framing almost done!
Look what happens when you start building a coop…your chickens start laying eggs! 🙂� (So far Jenn’s chickens are the only ones laying. Lucky for us, our chickens are DUAL chickens so if they don’t get to laying…they going to get to frying!)
The framing completed from two angles.
Up go the walls!
Putting in the hinged door for collecting eggs.
Getting the eggs out will be a breeze! 🙂�
A few angles of the walls all up and the plywood for the roof up. As you can see, our coop has skylights…that’s how we roll.
First coat of paint and the tar paper on the roof. You may wonder why we chose this color for the coop. Well to be completely honest, we picked colors we wanted to paint our house and figured the coop would be the perfect guinea pig to see if we like the colors! 🙂� The coop is Valspar’s Royal Gray. (I know, it looks blue to me too!)
For the door we chose Valspar’s Kettle Black. It has blue undertones so it goes really well with the Royal Gray.
The roof complete with the windows in. I’ve seen lots of super cute coops with real glass windows. It was less expensive ($1.29 a pane) to just use plexiglass. And it worked perfectly!
The coop with the final coat of paint, windows/hardware on and trim put up.
The door on the coop. We chose to put a large door on the side to make it easier to clean out for us. And I have to say that it makes it look way cuter! 🙂�
The Roosting bar inside the coop.
Trim all painted and mesh put around the bottom of the coop.
The nesting boxes. The only thing I didn’t get a picture of was the peel and stick tiles that we put on the bottom of the coop. They were only $0.02 a tile! I think we ended up using about 14 tiles.
The finished product with the happy chickens inside!
Another angle. After the coop itself was completed. Josh used 2 x 2’s and 2 x 3’s to build the frame for the yard and another, outdoor roosting bar. We also added in the ramp for the chickens to get into the coop. I’m super proud of Josh for all of his hard work and I’m really excited for how amazing it turned out!! Our total cost for the entire coop…every last nail, hinge, can of paint, everything was about $290.00. And the best part is the chicken coop and run are significantly bigger than the one at IFA. 🙂� So HUGE round of applause for Josh and the coop!
UPDATE: Hello dear readers!!! This has been a long time coming, but this post is going to get a HUGE revamp! With having babies and life getting in the way, I’ve neglected this post and getting out the information that I should. I am going to be working on updating this post with as much information on the building and materials as I can. We didn’t keep super great track of all the materials we used, but I will do the best I can to give you as much info as possible! Thank you all again for loving this project!
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Chicken Coop House Plans in New Goshen, Indiana
A good place to start any search is the internet. Simply plugging in the phrase "chicken coops for sale in New Goshen Indiana" into any one of the numerous search engines and a wealth of information will pop up. This information will provide links to other websites that will be informative and will provide the right direction for finding New Goshen Indiana chicken coops. What to look for when buying a chicken coop in New Goshen, Indiana With the huge boost in chicken keeping there has actually been an equally large increase in the array of poultry materiel for sale. Fowl housing is a proceedings in factor. It's additionally a traditional instance of the great old bandwagon being got on as numerous would-be chicken housing professionals market a range of cottage claiming to be the suitable solution to your chicken real estate demands. Frequently the rate looks appealing, your house looks appealing, hell even the clean-cut family standing there feeding the chickens look desirable. Surely they know a professional chicken house when they see one? There are many affordable and horrible coops swamping the market. I recognize this as I've tested a number of them in the area, and seen a ewe run directly with one when the feed pail showed up. The result was nothing but a pricey pile of firewood and a small group of bemused and also now homeless bantams.
Chicken Coop Basics in New Goshen, Indiana
Generally these mass produced models are created of rapid grown up wood - come the very first decline of rain they swell, leaving you either barricading a door that won't shut, or tearing the doorway furnishings off in a vain attempt to release the squawking inhabitants. The initial warm and comfortable day implies the wood dries as well as cracks, the felt roof covering bubbles and also boils, and come nightfall the hens choose not to go in. This is not as a result of their dissatisfaction at the decline of their when appealing building but since the hovel is currently a haven for, as well as possibly abounding, the fowl keeper's bane, red mite. Add the fact that it claimed on the blurb that it would certainly suit 4 huge chickens when that stocking thickness was based upon the Circle Line at 5pm on a Friday, and also just what are you left with? A few joints and also some kindling. A good coop for thee to 4 birds ought to cost you in the region of ₤ 300 though this can rely on whether you choose for a cost-free standing house or one with a run attached. Presuming you are ranging your birds in a large area as well as the pop opening doorway is big enough for the breed you keep, after that the primary requirements of housing boil down to three points which will define the number of birds your home will certainly hold; perches, nest boxes and also air flow. The majority of breeds of chicken will certainly perch when they go to roost at night, this perch needs to ideally be 5-8cm wide with smoothed off edges so the foot rests comfortably on it. The perch ought to be higher than the nest box access as chickens will additionally naturally try to find the highest point to perch. A perch less than that will certainly have the birds roosting in the nest box overnight (which is by the way when they produce one of the most poo) causing stained eggs the following day. They shouldn't nevertheless be so high off the floor of your home that leg injuries could occur when the bird gets down in the morning. Chickens require about 20cm of perch each (in tiny breeds this is clearly less), plus if greater than one perch is mounted in the house they ought to be greater than 30cm apart. They will hunker up with their neighbors however are not that keen on roosting with a beak in the bloomers of the bird in front. Ideally the house should have a least one nest box for every single three birds as well as these ought to be off the ground and also in the darkest area of your house. Your house should have appropriate air flow: without it then condensation will build up every night, even in the chilliest of weather. Know, ventilation deals with the concept of warm air leaving via a high gap attracting cooler air in from a reduced void - it's not a collection of openings on other walls of your house as well as at the very same level, this is what's referred to as a draught. If you have a house with a run attached after that the factors above are still true, however you ought to also consider the run size. The EU optimum legal stocking thickness for a totally free array bird is (and allow's encounter it, among the inspirations for maintaining some chickens in your home is potentially enhanced or far better well-being) 2,500 birds each hectare, that's optimal one bird per 4m made even. Take a close consider a few of the bargain homes - it could well be your home has the appropriate perches, proper ventilation as well as adequate nest boxes for a practical variety of birds, yet will each of the chickens have anything more than an A4 sized item of ground to invest the day on? And so as the claiming goes, "you get just what you spend for". You might assume you've got a bargain, however you and your flock can rue the day you did. Acquisition the right house and it will last for a few decades, if not longer offered the appropriate treatment. Eventually your fowl and also your chicken maintaining experience will be considerably the better for it.build for sale
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