Poultry Housing Plans - great site

[Kismet]

In the process of searching out ideas and plans for a new coop, I discovered this site by North Dakota State University Extension Service. It has plans for chicken and turkey coops, barns, feeders, nesting boxes, brooders, etc. I think you will find it very useful if you are planning a new coop or amending/expanding one you already are using.

http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/poultryplans.htm

Kismet

 

[faykokoWV]

good link, thanks!

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Oh, that is awesome! Thank you!

 

[davidr]

Great link.

I do have a question about one of the plans #5401 "solar parlor"

Can anyone elaborate on this? Does it serve a specific function or is it a novelty?

Looks like a cold frame for chickens.

Thanx again,

David

 

[ducks4you]

Quote:
It is. Grow 'em early for early eggs

 

[Kismet]

Yeah, I saw that sun parlor, too. I figured that it being North Dakota and 1933, that it was a way to make a brooder that would save on heating costs. I have a friend, now 87 years old, who grew up in North Dakota - he didn't have electricity or running water until he was a senior in high school. I fear that some of the tales of his youth have colored my image of the wheat fields of the far north.