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post #1 of 5
4/10/12 at 10:55am
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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 big?  If so, what size should I be asking for?

 

Thanks for all of your help!  I'm so glad I found this site! 

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post #2 of 5
4/10/12 at 11:44am

Not sure about the run, but it seems too big for windows. I use hardware cloth teeny tiny. 

 

Then again, I am not sure what I am afraid of, a two inch 'coon? Snakes, I suppose. 

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post #3 of 5
4/10/12 at 11:48am

That does seem large for a coop. Does he have any pictures you can look at of previous coops he has built? I would ask him to build it with 1/2 inch hardware cloth. If you are paying him, you should have a say in what materials are used.

Jakk... Homeschooling mom of four kids, two dogs, three cats, 6 Buff Orpingtons hatched on Christmas Day, 16 Hatchery Choice Pullets, 6 TSC Red Pullets all hatched on 2/22, 8 babes hatched 3/21, 9 babies hatched on May 11th. Sixteen Easter Eggers hatched Sept 1, two White Ameraucana hatched Sept 5th...and trying to resist the urge to fill the incubator!

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post #4 of 5
4/10/12 at 12:04pm
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That does seem large for a coop. Does he have any pictures you can look at of previous coops he has built? I would ask him to build it with 1/2 inch hardware cloth. If you are paying him, you should have a say in what materials are used.



I have seen pictures of his coops.  It looks like he uses it on the runs and the venting. 

So 1/2 in is small enough?  I think I'll just tell him that is what I want.  Better safe than sorry.  

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post #5 of 5
4/10/12 at 12:33pm
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I just got off the phone with him. He has no problem customizing any of his existing models or making a totally custom one for me.  I think I found the company to go with.  With my limited carpentry skill set, I'm afraid the chicks will outgrow the brooder before I could build anything on my own, lol!  Now I just have to decide what I want!  

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