Chick Coop Construction

  

It can be difficult to find plans on how to build a chick coop.  You can take a small chicken coop and modify the plans to be used as a coop by your chicks.  Chicks have special needs that differ from grown chickens and these needs change as they age.  When chicks first hatch, they need to be kept incubated for the first few days of their lives.  While they still have their down feathers, they will also need to be kept warm and dry.  When you are settling on your chick coop construction, you should keep these facts in mind. 

When you are coming up with your design for your chick coop construction project, make sure you have a couple of windows that will let in the morning and early afternoon light.  This will help to keep your chicks naturally warm and the sunlight will be good for them.  They should remain inside until their down feathers are replaced by full feathers that will help to protect them more than the down does.  Since they will spend the first six to eight weeks in the coop, the chick coop construction should allow for this period by keeping it warm, dry and secure. 

Once the chicks have come into full feather, they will need a small run so that they can be out of doors.  Make sure, when you start your chick coop construction, that you have the door to the coop facing the morning sun as well.  Chickens are morning animals and will be out of doors mostly during the early part of the day and early after noon.  You should also have part of the run in the shade in case the chicks want to keep cool in the summer months if you live in an extremely hot climate. 

Finally, before you start your chick coop construction project, make sure you read through the design plans fully before you actually begin construction.  You want to have all the materials and tools ready to go before you even break ground on the coop.  The last thing you want to do when you are going to start any construction project, including chick coop construction, is to get half way through the project and find that you are missing some items or necessary tools to complete it. If you plan accordingly and read all the directions and have everything prepared before hand, you will have more success with your chick coop construction.