Breeding poultry at the dacha is a very popular business.
Each bird species must have its own specific place where it can be monitored and looked after.
Therefore, we decided to tell you all the stages of construction of this structure, as well as the requirements for the house.
Building it yourself is not such a hard job.
It must also be remembered that a well-built poultry house will allow you to grow a large, and most importantly healthy bird.
Requirements for the construction of the house
Breeding is not possible without a poultry house.
When it is built, it is necessary to take into account which bird will live in the house. You need to know what materials to use in construction. What area will occupy the house and much more.
The solution to the issue of building a house is reduced to two options:
- Use as an house already existing building on your site. When it is necessary to consider such issues as: ventilation of the poultry house, repair of the existing floor or laying of a new one, construction of a manhole for the bird, sun rays entering the house and general thermal insulation of the building, and in the absence of the foundation, think how to prevent mice, rats and others small animals.
- Construction of a completely new poultry house, while respecting all the requirements and recommendations.
What kind characteristics has a house:
- The house can be both summer and winter, but the best option would be to combine them together.
- The main task of this facility is to create a place for raising any bird, as well as to protect it from any external influences. And the important thing is that the area occupied by the house, the birds can not leave.
- This building is not possible to build from any building material that you wanted. During construction, you need to use special materials necessary for the house.
- In each poultry house construction plan, the following places should be allocated: a place for an incubator, a place for raising chickens, a place for growing an adult bird.
- Also, one should not forget about the following points: water supply and food for poultry, placement of cages and various pens, as well as care must be taken to automate the processes of maintaining the required air temperature, air humidity and its purity.
What kind requirements are presented to the construction of the house:
- The construction of the house should be capital. Which will be built of their sturdy brick, block or other similar materials.
- This facility should contain several departments, for example: a section for storing feed for poultry, an office for storing tools and so on.
- A prerequisite is proper maintenance of the bird, its distribution to different groups and purposes.
- During the construction of the house, it is necessary to take into account that there is good room lighting, good heating, perhaps even underfloor heating, as well as regulation of air humidity, ventilation and water supply.
- At the initial stage of construction, it is necessary to take into account not only all the rules for the construction of a low-rise building, but also sanitary standards.
- And the last requirement is the protection of birds. After all, not only thieves can also encroach on it, but also various small predators who can pick up both eggs and an adult bird.
Despite all this list, some poultry farmers do not pay enough attention to the construction due to the fact that they are not worth much to spend.
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How to build a house with your own hands? What nuances need to be considered
Of course, when building a house on a summer cottage, for growing several chickens, ducks and geese you will not fully adhere to all aspects of building a house.
After all, you are not going to raise a bird for sale, but for yourself, so the cost of this event can be reduced.
How to choose construction site such a structure, we list some nuances:
- Choosing a place to build a poultry house on the site must be very carefully considered. This should be a place where you are not going to grow vegetation. It is possible to build a house already on the existing foundation or on the site of an old shed or any other structure.
- An important condition is the correct location of the wind rose. In which, the future flavors of the house will not spoil your mood. It will be correct to build a house on the edge of your site, while taking into account the direction of the wind.
- It is necessary to take into account the fact that the built poultry house does not interfere with the free movement around the site, but at the same time it was in front of you and it was easy to approach it.
- The place should be with dry ground, preferably on a high surface.
In the construction of such a structure you need to use brick, blocks or any other similar material. Also suitable material that was in operation.
During construction it is necessary to provide windows, doors, enclosing parts of the house, poles for roost. From this it follows that materials such as board, glass, metal mesh will be used.
Which house to build summer or winter?
Depending on what kind of building you will build summer or winter, will depend on your costs, both material and physical.
Summer corral is better to build those who do not live on the site all year round, and from this it follows that you can build a simple corral. But if you are thinking about serious breeding of birds, then you should build a complete structure.
No matter what kind of house, it must be built according to all the rules of construction of low-rise buildings, as well as take into account sanitary and epidemiological standards. In any hen house it is necessary to make windows and doors, as well as places for roost, and to protect the whole hen house with a net, to protect the birds.
Once you have decided on the site, materials and construction of the house, proceed to its construction, we list main stages of construction:
- First you need to make a markup of the territory in which the main pillars for the grid will be located. After that, it is necessary to make a marking of the territory inside the pen, on which the structure itself will be located, in which the bird will close either from the cold or at night.
- Doing the first stage, you define the boundaries of your house on the site, which in the future during construction will help you to avoid mistakes.
- After applying the markings on the site, proceed to the establishment of pillars for fixing the grid. The pillars can be both concrete and metal, the main thing is that they are well fixed in the soil and concreted.
- After installing the pillars for the grid, you can go directly to the construction of the poultry house itself.
First you need to fill the strip foundation of the future structure, with a solution of cement and sand. It is also necessary to add to the foundation various metal debris that exists on the site, any fittings or wire will do. Now after the foundation has been poured, it is necessary to wait until it hardens and further construction will allow.
The foundation in the house is needed in order to avoid the penetration of various mice and rats and other small animals, as well as to avoid dampness in the room.
- The floor in the building must be made of boards, without holes and gaps. You can make a small bias, which in the future will make it easier for you to wash and clean the house.
You can also make a mud floor, but you will need to change it every year, and it's also harder to clean. And brick or concrete floors do not need to be done at all, as they are cold for birds.
- A bird house is a simple structure, like a garage or a shed, so worry about that you will not succeed, is not worth it. After solidification of the foundation, we begin to lay a brick up to about two meters high.
The area for several dozen birds should be about four meters square. But you already choose it yourself.
- After you build a few rows, somewhere around ten, you need to let the masonry dry. Further construction of the facility continue the next day.
Once you have built the required height of the house, you need to make the foundation for the roof of the building. The easiest way is to first timber and slats, and then put roofing material or any roofing material, and then slate.
After construction is completed, windows and doors should be installed in the designated places. Windows should be large enough to illuminate the sun. It is necessary to have window openings at a small height, which will allow the sun's rays to illuminate the floor of the house.
You also need to carefully seal the house. In this case, you can use a construction foam, after which it hardens, cut off unnecessarily covered areas, and then plaster and paint.
- Another stage in the construction of the house is its warming. For this purpose, both natural insulation and artificial.
- Lazy in the house should be done near the floor, the size of which depends on the size of the bird.
- It is also necessary to build perches, the size of which also depends on the size of the bird. The roost is a very important attribute of the house.
- You need to make a special litter shield and install it under the roost. The shield can be made of thin boards, but so that there are no gaps. Every morning you need to get and clean it. And after cleaning pour some sand into it.
That's all the construction of the house is completed. But it should be remembered that the windows should be opened for airing and air circulation in the poultry house, and the doors should be tightly closed from the penetration of wild animals into the building.
What should be equipped with a house?
In order for your birds to develop and grow normally, conduct normal activities, feel comfortable and comfortable in the house, for this you need to create good conditions.
Inside the main building you need to make poles on which birds will spend the night. You can also construct a wooden platform on which geese or ducks will spend the night.
The best option is open all day windows through which birds will have access to the street. Consequently, the bird is in the house itself, rushing, and then goes out into the street, and so constantly. At night, the birds gather in the building and spend the night, after turning off the light, then the windows close.
After the construction of the house is possible equip with watering troughs, feeders, nests, various convenient perches, make the gate.
Drinkers can serve various capacities.
It is best to make nests out of plywood and install them in the shaded area of the house. The bottom of the nest is covered with straw, sawdust or moss. It is necessary to monitor the pollution of the nest, after it becomes dirty it is necessary to change the litter.
The corral is usually made of ordinary mesh chain-link. When establishing the pen, you must make a wicket.
Also, birds are very good for sand baths. To do this, use metal or wooden boxes in which the sand is poured. Moreover, the adoption of such baths by birds contributes to the expulsion of ectoparasites from their bodies.
In the house you can install special ventilating devices to ensure the flow of fresh air into the building. The best air temperature in the house counts 16 degrees. A normal humidity should be no more than 70 percent.
After all the past stages, it is necessary prepare the house for first use, for this you need:
- The first thing to do is completely disinfect the room. For this purpose, special solutions are used.
- After disinfection, the house must be ventilated for three hours.
- After the events, the house is heated for about two days.
- And only after warming up the chicken coop, you can run there your poultry.
