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This title in other formats:Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flockby Judy Pangman
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Easy-to-care-for, productive, inexpensive, and full of personality, chickens are popping up in backyards throughout the country— in the suburbs, rural towns, and even on city plots. All it takes to keep a small flock is a bit of land and a properly designed coop. Just like houses, chicken coops come in all sizes and styles to meet the needs of any chicken family. Author Judy Pangman has combed the country identifying the top chicken coop designs, from utilitarian to high-style. The result is this ultimate collection of 45 building plans that are sure to meet the needs of any chicken owner. The featured designs include basic easy-to assemble hoop houses, A-frames, and multi-storied wooden structures, as well as larger models for small commercial farms. There are also a variety of moveable coops that can be rotated around the yard, and low-budget coops constructed from found and repurposed materials. Pangman shares inspirational and instructive stories about the participating coop designers/ builders. Enthusiastic communities of chicken-keepers have organized chicken tours in cities such as Seattle, highlighting the fun and fantastic imagination of some coop architect/builders. There are designs echoing the house styles of the neighborhood, as well as the most contemporary trends in architecture. Building a chicken coop offers a great outlet for any would-be architect who wants to stick to the miniature, scaled-down building! A 16-page color section shows detailed photos of many of the featured coop plans, as well as some amazing kits and one-of-a-kind coops built from recyclables. With its comprehensive building plans and chicken-laden stories, ChickenCoops is sure to inspire a sunny-side-up, no-yolks-barred attitude in all chicken owners who dream of building a bigger, better coop to house their flock. Synopsis:Build the Perfect Housing to Fit Your Flock Bring your chickens home to roost in comfort and style! Whether you're keeping one hen in a small backyard or 1,000 birds in a large free-range pasture, this delightful collection of hen hideaways will spark your imagination and inspire you to begin building. Author and farmer Judy Pangman combed the country to select these 45 coops for housing both laying hens and meat birds (chickens or turkeys). The coops range from fashionable backyard structures featured in the annual Seattle Tilth City Chickens Tour and the Mad City Chickens Tour in Madison, Wisconsin, to the large-scale, moveable shelters Joel Salatin has fashioned for Polyface Farm in Virginia. You'll also find ideas for converting trailer frames, greenhouses, and backyard sheds; low-budget alternatives for working with found and recycled materials; and simple ways to make waterers, feeders, and nestboxes. A gallery of color photographs provides other creative ideas to get you going. With basic building skills, a little elbow grease, and this book of conceptual plans and how-to drawings, you've got all you need to shelter your flock. About the AuthorJudy Pangman and her husband, Frank Johnson, raise their two sons and grass-fed beef, pork, and eggs on their 200-acre farm in upstate New York. They are committed to sustainable agriculture, raising their animals naturally and cruelty-free and promoting a safe and healthy local food system. . Table of ContentsPart 1 Providing Shelter: The Basics Chick Brooders 1 Brooder Basics 2 Feed and Water 3 Temperature 4 Ventilation . 4 Predator Protection 4 Chicken Coops 5 Feed and Water 5 Ventilation 6 Roosts 6 Nest Boxes 6 Predator Protection 6 Things to Consider When Designing Your Coop 7 Part 2 Coops for the City Setting Hen Hut 10 San Miguel Coop 12 Bo andamp; Friends Coop 16 Candeacute;zanneand#8217;s Garden Coop 19 Sun Coop 23 Meganand#8217;s Coop 27 Cottonwood School Coop 30 Oakhurst Community Garden Coop 33 Cordwood Chicken House 36 Little Red Henhouse 40 Seattle Tilth City Chicken Tour 43 Hi-Rise Coop 44 Poulet Chalet 47 The Cat House 51 Shake Your Tail Feathers Coop 55 Toolshed Henhouse 57 Starclucks Coop 61 Kidsand#8217; Garden Coop 65 Chicks and#8217;n the and#8217;Hood Coop 68 Mad City Chickens Tour 69 Part 3 Coops for Small Farms Truck Cap Coop 74 Egg-loo 76 Beck-Chenoweth Broiler Skid 78 Caretaker Farm 80 Chicken Prairie Schooner 81 Sap Bush Hollow Farm 84 Sap Bush Broiler andamp; Turkey Hoop 85 Sap Bush Turkey Roost 88 Sap Bush Chicken RV 90 Sap Bush Eggmobile 92 Sap Bush Brooder House 95 Our Farm CSA 98 Our Farm Broiler Pen 99 Soup Coop 101 A-Frame Henhouse 103 Chicken Greenhouse 105 Shiloh Farm and Retreat 108 Shiloh Mini Hen Retreat. 109 Shiloh Hen Retreat. 112 Shiloh Broiler Retreat. 116 Cotton Trailer Coop. 118 Sweet Tree Farm 122 Sweet Tree Birthday Coop 123 Coop de Grass 126 Winter Coop 129 Polyface Farm 133 Salatin Turkey Coop 134 Salatin Portable Broiler Pen. 136 Salatin Eggmobile 138 Salatin Raken House 141 Salatin Chick Brooder 144 Winter Laying-Hen Hoop House 146 Salatin Feathernet System. 148 Part 4 Cool Coops Selected Coops 151 Inspiring Coops 156 What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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