All articles from: March, 2009

Instructions on Building A Coop For Free

There are free chicken coop instructions and they’re available to you in this very article. Have you thought about building a chicken coop, but held off because you didn’t know anything about what kind of material to use, how to put the material together to make the coop or because you thought it might cost [...]

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Coop Accessories

If you’ll be keeping laying hens in your chicken coop you’ll need a few more accessories than if you were raising meat birds. Meat birds don’t need nesting boxes, supplementary feeders or perches, but here is the list of the most basic requirements for your hens.
Chicken Feeders
A good chicken feeder in your chicken coop provides [...]

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Backyard Portable Chicken Coops

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Portable chicken coops boast many advantages for new or aspiring chicken farmers. The advantages include free fertilizer, pest control and best of all fresh eggs. Don’t be fooled into thinking you need a large farm or several acres to devote to your chickens. There are many designs that can fit easily into your backyard even [...]

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Using A Bee Keeper’s Equipment (Smoker)

A beekeeper must keep the bees in control every time the hive is open. A typical hive can house thousands of workers all capable of stinging.
There are measures a beekeeper can take in the open that he can not take in the city because of the closeness of other people.
Using A Bee Keeper’s Smoker
Smoke [...]

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