How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nestboxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More (Paperback)
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 the (more…)
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Practical Plans, Useful Commentary
This book has clear, measured plan drawings for a variety of housing elements useful for a small-scale farmer.
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I love the chickens!
An extremely useful book for any type of animals you might like to have in your backyard.
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Getr’ done
Great projects, concise writing, great way to add to your design ideas for building “homes” for your “crew”.
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Too much
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.
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A fantastic, absolutely FANTASTIC book!
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…
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Love this book!
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…
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Important details left out.
This is a great book for ideas. It falls very short on important details.
This book is about building animal shelters, but none of these plans
have a…
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A little bit of everything, not enough details on any specific group of live-stock
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.
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A little disappointing
I was a bit disappointed to find the plans in this book are USDA plans from the 1970s and were not in my view very creative or innovating or interesting.
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Great Book
This book is one of the best I have seen in detailed diagrams & information on building housing for livestock.