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I second this one that Dave mentions: http://www.lowes.com/pd_73299-1277-SP1271_0__?productId=1194719&AID=11259695&PID=1319015&SID=1398453546z521190z3b073b0a7519zz&cm_mmc=AFF_CJ-_-1319015-_-1189274-_-11259695 I use these on the main doors, the hatch and the nest boxes. Mine are in black...

Base color dark green, trim is tan and shutters and roof are dark brown. Will try to post a pic over the weekend, none here at work other than before paint, which is no help...

My grandfather kept a pressure cooker just for 5 year old roos. He never let them get any older. And he always brought in 'new blood' and did not use a roo from the same line or born from his flock. He was ahead of his time when it comes to genetics! Never bought new pullets, just a new...

I am pretty sure Illinois is a "fence in" state, which means you have to keep your livestock on your land. "Fence out" states (not many left) would make it your neighbor's responsibility, but pretty sure that is not the case. Kind of interesting law, but mostly antiquated. Nowadays, our...

Believe it or not, Walmart.com has it. Free shipping as well!

Tractors use the wire floor to allow the 'fertilizer' to fall through to the pastureland below. Move every few days, and in a week, you will be able to tell where it was the week before! Small mesh can clog, so I use 1/2" on mine. Otherwise, I use a solid floor.

This has proven most effective for me. Wish I could do this around the corn patch right next to the run...'coons have a hay day the night before I plan to harvest. I can imagine the hens watching through their hardware cloth defenses, sticking their tongues out!

I second the Smartside. I have used on a playhouse and now on a coop. Looking for another project to use it on now...

At the rate I am painting, it will probably be June for me. Can we call it a Second Quarter Challenge? ;-))

Thanks, not sure I would do it again, I am not a carpenter. And now I am finding out how not a painter I am! Nothing is ever any bigger than when you are standing in front of it with a bucket of paint... And yes, the 2*6 gable cross piece and roof ledger extensions, and the second-to-last...

I like the way you think! My new coop is 8*8 (plus a four foot front porch) and is constructed very similarly. I used a supported ridge roof (a 14 foot 2*6) and 2*4 rafters, but with a 6" pitch (stronger but not too steep), and used Ondura roofing sheets instead of shingles. I did tie down...

I plan to use deep litter, so if I can carry this up about a foot, I should be well protected. Thanks for the info , Jack and Sonya! I know what I am going to be doing this weekend! Steve

I like that idea, plus I am going to Lowe's after work! Do you think it would be good to use up the walls about a foot as well? Then I can leave the rest of the walls bare wood.

Just finishing up my home coop, and this is my first coop without a dirt floor. This coop has an exterior-grade plywood floor, with plywood and stud walls. I would like to coat the floor and lower walls with something to waterproof the walls and improve the waterproofing of the floor. My...

That is totally normal. Even the calmest group goes crazy when one of their sisters starts bouncing around on their backs! ;-))