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Whether you are building a movable horse shelter on skids or a chicken coop or a traditional gambrel barn, the multitude of plans in this book can give you information to work with. American Quarter Horse Journal A well illustrated guide to building portable shelters, stables large and small, barns of all sizes and types, shade structures, backyard pens [A] great buy. American Small Farm (2004) Carol Ekarius, a farmer herself, has compiled some excellent plans for coops, hutches, barns, sheds, pens, nest boxes, feeders, stanchions, and much more. This book is extremely well illustrated with line drawings and construction call outs for all projects. American Small Farm (2007) A broad and well-rounded overview of what s needed in the way of animal shelter, with a practiced ete toward planning and budgeting. Back Home Containing 60 plans for coops, hutches, barns, sheds, pens, nest boxes, stanchions and much more, this is a great book for building projects. This is the place to start if you need some buildings, sheds, or barns. Small Farm Today
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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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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm Very Happy to Have this on my Bookshelf,
By Anne Wellington (Rural Eastern Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nest boxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More (Paperback)
I'm still reading this recently purchased book; however, I wanted to provide a review already, because I think it's just perfect for beginners like myself, and even more knowledgeable folks would find the plans useful. Our family is trying at the moment to decide which animals we will keep, and of course, their housing is the biggest related decision. This book offers such a great overview to choosing and actually building animal housing, including specific detailed plans, so that after reading this book, it would be really difficult to *not* understand what's involved!The main contents of the book are: Part I. Prerequisites 1) Shelter 2) Planning 3) Structure, Design & Function) Part II. Plans 1) Small & Portable Housing Projects 2) Windbreaks & Shade Shelters 3) Barns & Stables 4) Odds & Ends Part III. Construction 1) Before you begin 2) Basic Construction 3) Final Steps I can see that this will be a good ongoing reference on my shelf, and that I will come back to it for many years to come as we establish and eventually add more animals to our small farm.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
some good thoughts and ideas,
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This review is from: How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nest boxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More (Paperback)
I am pretty middle of the line on the book. It has lots of pictures and ideas of things that you can build to house livestock. I bought it for goat housing ideas, not alot about that except some building say things like "or could be used for goats" Nothing about the book really caught my eye to make me think that "this is great".
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3.8 out of 5 stars (27 customer reviews) 145 of 147 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great for a first-timer...,
By Keeperofthehorses - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nest boxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More (Paperback)
I purchased this book and quickly found that it is basically a catalog of plans that are available free online from USDA and others. The web links for the plans are printed right in the back. If you spend some time surfing, you'll find much of the useful information (and more) without purchasing the book.There is helpful information in the planning section, and some basic tools and methods to get started. It would also be a helpful book for those newly transplanted city-folks to read prior to jumping into raising livestock. If you have experience with livestock or construction, you can find all you need online. If you are planning your first projects, this will be helpful. 88 of 91 people found the following review helpful
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The plans included didn't meet my needs,
By L. Williams "Country Girl" - Published on Amazon.com
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I was hoping for a book of plans that included small, simple to build shelters for just a few goats and chickens. The plans included were large and the building instructions were not detailed enough for beginners to do themselves (without a seperate how-to-book). If I could have looked through it first, I would not have bought it.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A little bit of everything, not enough details on any specific group of live-stock,
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This review is from: How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nest boxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More (Paperback)
I was looking for a book on how to build satisfactory chicken and duck housing. This book has a couple of plans for chicken coops, but not enough to buy the book. Why did I give it four stars then? Because the book is designed to give you building plans for various types of live-stock (pigs, hourses, cows, chickens, goats, rabbits, and others). The book does give you 60 plans like it says it does, but there is never more than 2 and at the most three on any specific animal.This book does have a lot of good information in it beyond the housing plans. It has minimal spacing for your animals, safety and health of your animals, plus it has lots of good pieces of advice throughout the book that has been picked up over 30 plus years. If your like me and are looking to build housing for a specific type of live stock then this is probably not the best book for you (for chickens I would suggest "Poultry House Construction" by Michael Roberts). However, if your looking to build housing for various breeds of live-stock then this book would be a wise purchase. However, a materials list would have been nice (not enough books give them). |
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