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If you find yourself new to the world of chickens as I am you have as much to learn as I do. I have found a website that offers chicken coops. They are not the chicken wire around a tree I have seen before but more of a little enclosure for your chickens. We have bought a house out in the country surrounded by beautiful woods but with that comes animals of all kinds. To keep chickens safe out here and make them feel secure so they will lay more eggs an enclosure is best to keep away the wild animals. Our children wanted pet chickens when we bought this house. We did not realize what good personalities some of them have while others like to just watch the fun some are into everything. On these un-assembled chicken coop kits you can get the coop in a kit containing the precut wood and you build it and with the chicken coop plans you can down load the plans and you cut the wood and build it. It would be more fun for you and your children to build it but it will take longer. If you are wanting to get those eggs started you may need the faster route. The roof doubles as a garden on top of the coop so you will have no wasted space. The flooring is designed so the chicken waste can go through so you will not have to clean it as often and with mulch as flooring you are making fertilizer with the mulch and dropping mixture.

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