Poultry Houses

Here at Elbec our pet store is full of incredibly low prices! A fantastic range at the moment is our poultry houses.

Inside our poultry houses there are often nest boxes for egg laying and perches on which the birds can sleep. Some of our poultry houses have an outdoor run as well. Both the inside and outdoor floors of a poultry house are often strewn with a loose material such as straw or wood chips to deal with chicken droppings and to allow for easier cleanup. Most of our poultry houses have some means of ventilation to help air out any smells.

There is a long standing controversy over the basic need for a poultry house.
One line of thinking, called the "fresh air school", is that chickens can’t sustain poor air quality and darkness, hence the need for a highly ventilated or open-sided coop with conditions more like the outdoors, even in winter.

However, others who keep poultry believe they are prone to illness in outdoor weather and need a controlled-environment coop.
This has led to two poultry housing designs: Fresh-air houses with wide openings and nothing more than wire mesh between chickens and the weather (even in Northern winters), or closed houses with doors, windows and hatches which can shut off most ventilation.