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Why You Should Stop Feeding Layer Feed NOWI have found that just recently, 7 hens, all but one is 2 years old. I have free range calcium grit and feed them Dumor layer feed, and a cup of...
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Predators:How to get rid of themSo sorry for your loss. Sounds like a smart & strong animal was involved. The latest concern (as of 4/29/24) in our area (Kansas City-ish) is pit...
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Building more to do less. Block foundation, power, etc (LOTS OF PICTURES)The most comprehensive and thorough explanation of going from ground zero to finished. Excellent job!- Debbie292d
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Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks OutdoorsAfter reading your article I took my new "chicas" outside (at about 2 weeks)...best thing ever. I live in Minnesota. They were(are) protected with...- Mis pollitos
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Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!Ah. My bad. I have one chicken then, as I do not want to be seen as crazy.
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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterExcellent advice, but the most effective way to stop an egg eater is to have her for dinner.
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Rowanm77s CoopI like the use of recycled materials! It would be nice to have detail on how it was build.
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Facts for beginners and curiosityThis is quite interesting but wish there were some more "facts" as there must be a lot more. Pretty chickens!
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Thanks For Everyones Support Here My Coop Is So Raccoon Proof That Royal Raccoon Would Not Get In
- Koipondduck
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'Thanks for everyone's support here. My Thanks to everyone for helping me with this coop. This coop is so raccoon proof that Royal raccoon would... -
Shabby Chic Coop for our Silkies!
- kfisher123
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My husband is a General Contractor so he built the outside of our coop to match our house. The little coop inside was their original home so this... -
Construction 2
- owler
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Construction I started this building process in mid September 2010. I vowed not to order chicks until the coop was completed. I really did not... -
Rowanm77s Coop
- Rowanm77
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My coop/poultry barn is built almost entirely of recycled materials. It is not very pretty but it is functional. The base is a heavy oak shipping... -
Birthday Coop
- SanDiegoLady
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For my Birthday last year I asked my husband to help me build a chicken coop. We looked at designs online and read books from the library, finally... -
Made my Formex Snap Lock Coop into a chicken tractor
- Kathi D
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I bought a set of 10-inch wheels and added them to my new Snap Lock coop so that I can roll it around the yard. I'm going to build a run, closed... -
Semi Country Coop
- crooked stripe
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Here is the North side of the coop with the smaller caged run and the yard run. The yard run was put up after a summer of the chickens taring up... -
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Best Coop Yet
- rcentner
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This is my best coop yet. It was a rip-off of a similar coop built by someone here on byc. We have it split into 2 identical halves cause when we... -
Tomcios Chicken Coop
- tomcio
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DAEMON RUNNING My coups: 1. Chknshk #1 I have previously posted schematics of the design, but since cleaned those up. It's 8x12... -
The Coop 1
- jimrichter
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The Richter Coop Our basic premise for this coop was to recycle as much scrap lumber/materials as we could. We did this because 1) we believe... -
The Garden Ark
- TheGardenCoop
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The Garden Ark – Mobile Chicken Coop The Garden Ark is a mobile chicken tractor design that is perfect for up to 3 hens. The open floor and... -
Linden Tree Farm Coop
- Cyxa
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The main squeeze has been working hard on the coop and finished it this weekend. With all the spare lumber laying around the place we only needed... -
Chicks Rule
- sawbgadrj
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"Chicks Rule" * We finally finished our pen and just await our girls to arrive in their new home. This site has provided a great deal of... -
Our Coop for 30 Chickens!
- JamSue
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Been browsing this site for a while, and this year, we were able to build our chicken coop. It's 8x12, built for 30 chickens, we are raising 25... -
Simple Easy Coop Design
- Sebrite_97
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Simple, easy to build chicken coop! This small, simple coop is best for either up to 8 Bantams or 4 Standard. This is a great coop for begginers... -
Coop Plans 1
- WitksChicks
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Here are the hand-drawn plans that my younger son and I came up with. These are the original (first draft of our plans. I... -
Janet Gale Chicken Coop
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Janet Gale's chicken coop My husband built this wonderful coop for our 6 new chicks. My sister named it Palais de Poulet (which is chicken...