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Chickens need a clean water source to thrive.Hen image by JASON WINTER from Fotolia.com
Build your structure close to a source of water. You must provide your birds with a chance to drink clean water so they will get the necessary hydration they require. This water faucet will also come in handy when you clean the hut. - 2
You should allow at least 25 square feet of space in a five-nest chicken house.hen image by Zbigniew Nowak from Fotolia.com
Design the site in a way that allows you to walk in the structure with little effort. Allow each hen 5-square-feet of room, and make the entrance big enough for you to enter and perform any needed tasks, such as egg-collecting, feeding, watering and hut maintenance. For example, if you build a site that holds 5 hens, build a house that contains 25 square feet of space. - 3). Build a place where the hens will lay their heads. Make sure the boxes where they will sleep have an easily accessible lid, so you will have no problems with egg retrieval. Set aside a time every 6 months to clean out the cubicles where the birds lay.
- 4). Create adequate ventilation for the hen house. If you put windows on both sides of the building you will ensure proper cross-ventilation for your animals. When you make the windows, be sure to place screens on them so that predators or dirt will not enter the house very easily.
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Chickens need a large, safe area to scratch around in outdoors.chickens image by Jeroen de Haan from Fotolia.com
Select the type of materials that best fit your area. Hen-house owners who live in a colder climate will want to build their structure with wood. Provide the birds with access to a large, safe area at the rear via an opening that lets them come in and out of the structure.
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