Choosing the Right Hen House Design
Choosing the right hen house design before you purchase or build one of your own is actually quite an important stage. Obviously you want a design that will be great for your chickens, keep them safe, warm and encourage good quality egg laying. But you also want a design that will suit its surroundings, blend in well with your backyard garden features or perhaps create a feature of its own.
Now I am going to get a little bit arty on you now! I bet you didn’t think building a chicken coop would be such a creative process?
Anyway, what I want you to do is look to where your going to place your henhouse or build your henhouse. Take a look at the other features in your back yard, especially the ones that are immediately next to or close to your desired location for the chicken run.
Next think about the dimensions. If you choose a small design will it be swamped by some other larger features and buildings in your garden? On the other hand if you’re choosing a large design will it look too overpowering?
Next look at the shape of some of the other features in your garden. For example, if you have a garden shed with a gable roof, and perhaps a chicken coop with a similar shaped roof would match it very well.
Finally it’s important to think about safety. This isn’t so much to do with the design of the chicken coop, but more about its location. For example, it’s not a good idea to put a chicken run right next to your children’s trampoline!
I know this sounds funny at first but can you imagine your eight-year-old daughter squashing the chicken flat she flies off the trampoline?! It doesn’t even bear thinking about, does it?
Remember to head to the Hen House Design website and find the best model to suit you and your livestock needs.
