There are plenty of chicken coops blueprints on the internet, but how do you know that any of them will be any good? Alternatively, why should you buy them at all if you can turn up free designs for chicken coops that you can get hold of for nothing?
I hope you don’t mind but I’m going to answer those two questions the other way around. I’m going to begin with free chicken coop plans.
I’m not suggesting that you won’t find some decent ones – and it could be I’m being cynical – but why are they free? Regularly it’s what my father used to call “a sprat to catch a mackerel” – a giveaway to get you to buy something bigger. Hey, no problem there – who says you have to buy the more complicated set of chicken coop plans, right? Except if the free ones are of a good standard, why would you need the alternative version?
I could be misjudging, maybe it’s just me. Maybe I’m being unfair and some designers are just offering free hen house plans out of the kindness of their hearts. If you get some like that and they’re of an acceptable standard, go for it!
Perhaps you haven’t been successful though, and you’re looking for chicken coops blueprints that you’re going to need to pay for. Most properly drawn ones run to between $20 and $30. Not horribly pricey, but you still want to make sure you’re getting value for money.
My initial consideration might be what does the seller’s website look like? It doesn’t have to look as if it was created by some huge multi-national business, but if looks reasonably good and doesn’t have faults, they obviously pay attention to detail. If they don’t consider their own website, how will you know they consider their coop plans?
Moving on, is there any indication of who drew up the plans. If they were drawn by an architect, for example, you could guess they’ve been done right. You would think the same if it’s a designer who has been in the poultry business for a long time – you would expect they know what they are talking about.
Additionally, you want to think about choice. Do the chicken coop plans provide one size or style, or could you make several different ones. If you have a choice, then if one doesn’t quite work out for you when you study it in detail, you can move on to another – without having to pay out again.
A final few things would be if there are quotes from happy customers, whether the chicken coop plans are of a type you can use (PDF is a good choice) and finally, some folk will give a money back guarantee. It ought to make you feel safer about your order.
When you check out chicken coop prices it makes sense to build your own. There are plans around that make this as easy as possible, even if you have little or no woodwork experience. Discovering the best chicken coops blueprints is just a matter of taking enough time to check what’s available and applying a bit of common sense. Don’t worry, you’ll quickly have those superb birds nice and snug – and producing delicious eggs for you daily.