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Poultry House Construction (Gold Cockerel)

Author: Michael Roberts
Creators: Sara Roadnight, Roberts Michael
Publisher: Gold Cockerel Books
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

10 reviews
Sales Rank: 3481

Media: Paperback
Pages: 92
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.3

ISBN: 0947870210
Dewey Decimal Number: 590
EAN: 9780947870218
ASIN: 0947870210

Publication Date: November 1997
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Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

A good design book. June 6, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful

This book takes a modicum of intelligence to get the best from it. It is not a collection of 'how to' plans but more a treatise of coop design with good examples. To convert 1" to millimetres multiply by 25.4 and if the reader can't work out the floor space divided by the required space for each hen from figures given, then he/she has bought the wrong book.

1 out of 5 stars

great book concept very poorly executed March 6, 2007
7 out of 11 found this review helpful

There are many faults such as very poor drawings, no assembly instructions (just panels)+ its completely in imperial with a photograph of a tape measure cut into strips as a coversion chart! However the biggest issue is the houses themselves, the small transport, broody etc boxes look good but the house plans are poor and this is meant to be a poultry house construction book. The ark plans give no idea of how many birds they are for and early in the book the author criticises the generic ark design as wasteful of materials versus usable cubic capacity but doesn't provide an alternative design. Waste of money unless you like puzzles and even then I don't have the confidence in the plans to start

4 out of 5 stars

The Perfect gift for your handyperson September 14, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

This book was given originally by Santa Claus to my handyperson and as a result I have a well built spacious hen house that is simplicity itself to maintain. the author gives detailed drawings and instructions for several house designs from the smallest to his 'poultry palace'. it is written in a quirky original style by someone obviously experienced with both housing and the birds themselves. I am buying a second copy for another handyperson

3 out of 5 stars

Poultry House Construction (Gold Cockerel S.) March 10, 2005
25 out of 28 found this review helpful

I have completed one of his previous constructions and found that I needed to re-draw his plans just so I could read them.
However dispite this fault his ideas worked. But, the biggest let down for me was, particulary in the bigger designs, is no wood list. It takes forever to add all the measurements of the timber required up.

2 out of 5 stars

aaarghhhh July 10, 2004
18 out of 19 found this review helpful

This book was written by someone who loves building houses, but does not understand the quality of diagrams needed for others to replicate his designs.
All dimensions are in inches, but lengths of wood in DIY emporiums are in mm/cm, making it even more difficult. Nice photographs though!