Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock

EAN:9781580176279 Label:Storey Publishing, LLC Author:Judy Pangman Binding:Paperback

I too was a little disappointed in this book Not a book of Plans. It doesn't actually have plans for the coops2009-03-15 Rating 1. It profiles several different types of coops and there are pics and rough sketches. But missing is a list of materials and enough detail to justify calling them plans. . Other reviewers are correct, the book has no detailed plans, or materials lists Title not correct, but a good book nevertheless.. Nonetheless, I found the book to be full of valuable information2009-03-06 Rating 4. Chances are one would have to change and adapt a chosen plan to perfectly fit his or her needs anyway. I own Gail Damerow's book on raising chickens and it gives lots of guidelines on space requirements (I highly recommend this book). After perusing this book for inspiration, and using Gail's book for facts and figures, I got out pencil and paper (and an eraser) and designed my own coop to fit my future flock's size (32) and my chosen management style (mobile coop/free-range). The valuable information I mentioned is in the stories of the individuals from all over who give their management styles, tips and thoughts in the text. I love the idea of over-wintering my future hens in a poly-tunnel greenhouse. With this method, the owner's of this flock (from New York state, I believe) had such rich soil the next spring, that they had tomatoes by June! That's an attractive idea to those of us living in the north. This is just one of the many ideas that intrigued me. My local library system has three copies of this book, I had to turn mine in without being able to renew it as I would have liked, because someone had placed a hold on it, all three copies are currently checked out. My advice on buying any book would be to check it out from the library first if possible, then decide if you want to own it. I'm about to spend the $13. 57 because I feel the information within is worth it. I should have read the reviews Not worth the money. 2008-12-26 Rating 2. not the item description. These are "ideas" that I could have come up with on my own and saved $20. You can get better ideas on the internet. This book is a truly disappointing source for good poultry housing plans Truly disappointing!. Though some of the housing may be interesting from an artistic standpoint, many of the designs are not practical when it comes to sanitation, vermin control, and sensible layout2008-12-01 Rating 2. It would appear as if the author capitalized on the entertainment aspect of the designs rather than on the usefulness of them. The details for the inside of the structures were lacking making it seem as if the book is basically a collection of photographs. The product was exactly what I asked for and it was a great price very good. I will definatly shop with amazon again2008-10-15 Rating 4. .