Here was the plan for this weekend: Find a site that offered us the best chicken coop plan which fit our budget and also fit the space in my backyard.
So I chose a plan that allowed for me to use my limited budget, limited tools and of course limited knowledge in building and carpentry. So I found a site that I just knew would help me build. It not only came with a manual I could print and take into the yard but it also had online videos to watch when I got stuck. Yes, I got stuck but not due to the manuals, basically due to my limited expertise. So it was really nice that I could simply go to the membership portion of the site and click on a video and see what I had missed in the manual.
It was also helpful that I could have my laptop on my deck and review everything without having to go in the house. Going in the house meant having to remove my shoes and try to get comfy while I read or watched the video. This was no time to get comfy!
Looking through all of the major plans some really stuck out more than others. You could easily tell which applications were BS (excuse my French). But some of these sites were simply garbage and really only tried to push a product. Not like MakeACoopOnline.com, they really went the extra mile to help novices like me and Margaret. Once we paid we got access to the manual (lots to print!) and also access to all the great instructional videos on building our chicken coop.
So, there you have it. We looked at 10 different sites and then narrowed it down to 2 or 3. When it came time to finmalize our purchase we based it on:
- Ease of use
- Amount $$
- What it came with
- Assistance if we got stuck (didn’t even need this!)
In the next article I am going to write about how we picked our chickens and the ensuing chase down the street to reclaim them after they got loose.
Helen.
www.chickensking.com
