Have you ever considered building a chicken house, raising chickens for eggs, to breed, for meat or even for pets? Well there are a number of things you need to consider before trying to build your chicken house and raising chickens. First of all location is key, environment, protection, easy cleaning and easy collection (for those that desire eggs) are a few of the most important to consider.

Location:

Choosing the right spot for your chicken house is going to be key. You will need a place where they can have ample room to roam and a covered protected area where they can sleep and lay. Finding an area that is flat with good ground cover like grass or soft dirt is the best. Be sure that you will be able to build the appropriate chicken house for your desires.

Environment:

The weather will greatly affect the style of house you build, as well as the types of chickens you keep. If you live in an area which gets a lot of rain you need to make sure your chicken house is constructed with a quality roof top to keep the inside dry. If you live in an extremely hot area you need to make sure your chicken house as extremely good ventilation so the inside of the house does not get too hot. Be sure to research which chickens do best in the environment that you live in.

Protection:

Chickens have many predators. Cats, dogs, raccoons, fox, opossum, coyotes, hawks and bobcats just to name a few. As you can see they are faced with predators that can run, jump, climb, fly and just about anything. Building a sturdy and secure chicken house with protection from predators is crucial. Losing your chickens is not only heartbreaking but costly.

Cleaning and Collecting:

A clean chicken house will help the health of your chickens more than you think. Designing your house so that it is accessible and easy to clean will save you a lot of time and frustration. Collecting eggs is another headache waiting to happen unless your chicken house design dumps the eggs into an easy to collect area.

Make sure you do some research to determine the best house for you. Raising chickens is rewarding, not only emotionally but for your health as well. It is hard to beat large organic eggs.

If you decide that you would like to raise chickens for meat or to breed then you need to make sure you build your chicken houses specifically for what you desire. Any part of raising chickens, even if it is for pets, is very rewarding. Plus you are doing a great service for the environment, and you get large organic eggs. There are many hormones that they put in farmed chickens in order to get them to lay the maximum amount of eggs. Those hormones can get into the eggs and take away from the nutrition from the eggs. When you have your own healthy chickens you never need to worry about poor quality eggs.