Most chicken house plans that are available online for free are generally poorly
designed by individuals that have never been trained to correctly build a chicken house. We have outlined a few tips that will help you to be able to spot quality designs that will get the best results with your chicken coop.
One of the first points that a chicken coop design should offer is to make sure that it includes a complete protection from predators. A quick look at the outside construction of a design should give you a good idea of how much that plan can protect your chickens from the type of predators that are in your area. The plan should give you a number of different options to build protection in and around your chicken house.
The design should offer a method to easily keep the coop clean. All chicken coops should be cleaned as often as needed. The design should include a way to build the floor that will be sloped downward towards the door so that any water you use to clean it will drain out of the house.
Another point that a good design program should offer is information on what type of wood to use and how to protect it. This is a very important point because you do not want your wood to rot out on you. It is very easy to protect your wood from rotting.
You should make sure that the plans that you select offer enough light and ventilation for your project. Different areas of the country will need more sunlight or shade. You will need to protect your chickens from any cold wind drafts as much as possible. A plan should give you the option to build a coop based on the weather conditions of your area.
Many designs do not offer a way to protect the food and water supply for the chickens. This becomes more important during the freezing periods of the year. Try to pick a plan that offers options to protect the food supply of your chickens year round.