When you are planning to build a very good chook house, you know that you need a very good design plan to be able to DIY your own chook house. Not only will you get a daily dose of chicken eggs and natural fresh meat, also, you will be able to undergo a very rewarding experience raising your own backyard chickens.

But before you delve deeper into your DIY chook house project, you should ask yourself these questions before you commit yourself to raising chickens on your own backyard:

1. Do I have ample room in my backyard for a chook house?
2. Does my local authority allow me to keep poultry in my residential area?
3. Does my neighbor mind me keeping chickens? (Consider the noise and smell. Have a chat with them, promise them some fresh eggs when you're up and running).
4. Do I have the time and dedication?

Once you set up your chook house it will indeed be very time consuming. However, once you've done the hard work all you need to do is set aside a maximum of two hours a week to carry out chores.

Once you've decided that keeping chickens is for you, then you need to think about whether you want to buy a pre-done chook house or build your own DIY chook house. Considering the price and the materials used, pre-done chook houses are not well worth trying. But if you are under time constraint and you have the extra dough to spend then you may go for it. Personally, I went with the building a do-it-yourself chook house option, it only took a few days from beginning to end. I also saved almost half the tab price compared to the pre-made chook house available at the local hard ware store in our area. When you finally decide to build your own do-it-yourself chook house, an absolute must is to get your self a good set of chook house design plans or blueprints. There are literally hundreds on the internet. So get started today!