วันเสาร์ที่ 29 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2555

Cute doll ... chicken.

>< Very cute 555. 

I made a chicken coop.


I have 4-5 chickens, I wanted it to have the comforts of my home. I find that one book(http://tinyurl.com/8u67sqs). It teaches you how to build a chicken coop from scratch. There are many ways to teach a chicken coop. I am glad that I had the chicken, which I love.

Chicken coops



chicken coop (or hen house) is a building where female chickens are kept. Inside hen houses are often nest boxes for egg-laying andperches on which the birds can sleep, although coops for meat birds seldom have either of these features.
A coop may have an outdoor run. Both the inside and outdoor floors of a chicken coop are often strewn with a loose material such asstraw or wood chips to deal with chicken droppings and to allow for easier cleanup. Most chicken coops have some means of ventilation to help air out any smells.

Housing controversies

There is a long standing controversy over the basic need for a chicken coop. One philosophy, known as the "fresh air school" (which is held by most commercial poultry operations) is that chickens are mostly hardy but can be brought low by confinement, poor air quality and darkness, hence the need for a highly ventilated or open-sided coop with conditions more like the outdoors, even in winter.[1] However, others who keep chickens believe they are prone to illness in outdoor weather and need a controlled-environment coop. This has led to two housing designs for chickens: Fresh-air houses with wide openings and nothing more than wire mesh between chickens and the weather (even in Northern winters), or closed houses with doors, windows and hatches which can shut off most ventilation.

Backyard coops

Backyard coops are small and often enclosed within a fenced area (sometimes bounded by chicken wire) thus creating a more natural living environment, one in which the chickens cannot only roam freely but also peck and hunt for insects. If this kind of "yarding" is both floorless and reasonably mobile it is called a chicken tractor. Many people, especially those in rural areas, keep a small flock of chickens for themselves from which they harvest both eggs and meat.
The number of small chicken coops in urban areas has been growing, which has led to the marketing of manufactured chicken coops, such as Eglu, which are designed for more cramped spaces and a tidier look. Manufactured chicken coops are primarily marketed towards urban chicken coop owners and are often more expensive than building one's own chicken coop
Urban settings may have laws which regulate any backyard farming of livestock. For example, Oakland, California bans roosters[4] and has a rule stating that hens must be kept at least twenty feet away from dwellings, schools and churches.