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I'm still trying to figure out a plan for our coop. I thought we were just going to get a pre-fab model, but now we are thinking about building. Have to decide soon since the chicks downstairs are growing lots everyday. I'm considering having an automatic door for the coop. I'm not yet...

Our first chicks have learned to spread their wings. When I went downstairs to check on them this morning in the brooders, I found one of our cochin bantams roosting on the edge of the tub, lol. I decided it was past time to make a screen for the top of each tub. Looking back now, I should...

I have found a guy locally who builds coops. I'm considering going this route due to my limited carpentry skills and the fact that I need it to look decent since I live in a city neighborhood. He said he usually uses heavy guage 1x2 galvinized welded wire when building coops. Isn't that too...

Hello all! I posted a few days ago about my excitement of planning our first coop. The plan went from buying a coop to building a modified purina coop. I've been looking at coop pictures to get ideas and now have found myself trying to decide if we should move forward with the modified purina...

I am new to the site and having backyard chickens. The chicks are currently in the brooder, but it is time to start thinking about a coop. Only four of the chicks will get to stay with us due to city regulations, while the rest go to a family member's farm. Where the coop and run will be...

My children and I recently purchased chicks to watch them develop for a science project. The idea was that they would all go live at their grandparent's farm when they were ready to leave the brooder. That plan went out the day we brought the newly hatched chicks home, lol! We purchased our...