How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nestboxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More | 
| Author: Carol Ekarius
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 17286
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1580175279
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.0831
EAN: 9781580175272
ASIN: 1580175279
Publication Date: May 1, 2004
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Product Description
Cows and horses, donkeys and mules, sheep and goats, pigs and fowl, even llamas are living on small farms and in backyard barnyards throughout the United States. But how and where are these critters being housed?
Author Carol Ekarius knows. In How to Build Animal Housing, she provides dozens of plans--with illustrated, step-by-step instructions--for species-specific shelters that are well ventilated, safe, appropriate for the animals, appealing, convenient, and a solid value for their owners.
The book is essential reading for anyone interested in animal health and welfare. It includes complete plans and step-by-step, illustrated instructions for sheds, coops, hutches, multipurpose barns, and economical easy-to-build windbreaks and shade structures. Ekarius covers new high-tech, portable structures made of plastics and fabrics, such as hoop houses and hen spas, as well as more traditional alternatives, such as straw-bale structures. Always practical, she enumerates the advantages and disadvantages of ready-to-build kits and modular barnyard buildings and includes designs for watering systems, feeders, chutes, stanchions, and more--the essentials that help owners keep their animals healthy and happy.
Ekarius wisely emphasizes the importance of careful planning, choosing an appropriate housing site, and complying with local zoning regulations; pest control, basic housing maintenance, and insurance costs are also discussed. Real-world advice from farmers and veterinarians on the types of housing and facilities animals like best enliven the text throughout.
How to Build Animal Housing is the most comprehensive and useful guide of its kind. For small-scale farmers, hobby farmers, do-it-yourselfers, and animal lovers, this book is indispensable.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Getr' done July 6, 2008
M. Thornton (Katy, TX USA)
Great projects, concise writing, great way to add to your design ideas for building "homes" for your "crew".
 Too much March 31, 2008
Sergio Torres (Long Prairie, MN)
This book is more for the professional builder then for the do it yourself. I would bother with this one unless you have the skills to build it.
A fantastic, absolutely FANTASTIC book! October 27, 2007
Sue Weaver
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought Carol's book about two years ago; now it's battered and ragged because it's been hauled around the farm so much, propped up on things as we use its designs to make new stuff. This is one of my all-time favorites. If you live on a small farm and you're a do-it-yourselfer, you NEED this book!
Love this book! September 9, 2007
L. Collins (Kentucky, USA)
This book is absolutely fantastic for those who are just starting out. There are plans and pictures for every style and taste you may be searching for. It's easy to read...with great graphics.
handy August 10, 2007
e_j_buster
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a hobby, I enjoy capturing wild animals and putting them in cages. But I am fairly new to this hobby, so I do not own many cages. This book has helped me learn how to build my own animal cages.
As a child, I enjoyed going to the zoo. But something was always missing in the zoo experience. Now that I am an adult, and capturing my own wild animals, I feel more fulfilled.
When I see an animal in a cage, it makes me feel important and powerful, especially if I'm the one who captured the animal.
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