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chicken coops?!?

my boyfriend needs some plans on how to make a chicken pen for a few small bantum chickens. his mom wants them and he has never before had chickens. i have but i didnt make the pen so i dont know what to do.. any tips would help.. Thanks alot

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1. just make a small hen house. (kind of like a dog house) Put some nesting boxes inside, as well as places for the chickens to perch. http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/4175/henhouse.html
2. Here are some good sites with plans for chicken coops of various sizes, styles and costs: http://www.squidoo.com/chickencoopplans/ http://www.plamondon.com/hoop-coop.html http://www.organicgardening.com/pdf/coop_plans.pdf http://www.piteraq.dk/gok/smallhouse.html http://www.plamondon.com/chicken-coops.html
3. http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKPoultrySites.html#coops
4. Well, Actually there are mant things in mind, Our pen is really big its 12ft.(W) * 24ft.(L) * 7ft.(H) hold my 5 chickens and 3 ducks if you want somethinf simple buy a small kemmle with some chicken wire to be safe from preditors. and let them stay in 4 3weeks and then u can let them out in the morning and befor to dark they will be back in the pen thats what I do durring the day thay all go in the yard and later befor dark thewy ae in the cage and thsn all i do is lock up the cage. make sure it had a toop so racoons cant climp over and kill one. goodluck