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Garden Coop Costa Mesa

CostaMesaFarm
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Just pictures of the outside and where the plans were purchased. No pictures of the inside and nothing about how it was built or materials needed to build it.

Getting Started In Raising And Keeping Quail

TwoCrows
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Here I was looking for an article for a new quail owner and came upon this excellent one! So informative! Great for new quail owners or those thinking about getting some!
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It Has Gutters! or, a Coop and Run from the Ground Up

TroutFinn
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Beautiful coop and run, and very entertaining to read this as well! Loved the blueprint and great explanation of how you built this!

Keeping a House Chicken… How, When, and Why?

Shelby R.
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Good article for those pondering keeping a chicken in the house. The best part was the real-life examples you gave.

There are more examples out there, though, that I've seen of folks who have house chickens for personal reasons, and they work out well and enrich the person's life as well as that of the chicken. If I come across the one for sure I know about I'll share it with you. I know YouTube is full of them. :)
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A YouTube Video is a good idea!

Vintage Coffee Table Brooder

SassyChix
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Looks cool and innovative, but no build details.

Bens-Hens DIY Two Story Brooder

Bens-Hens
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Great job showing how to build this and including a materials list. Anyone could build this incubator. Nice job!

Bens-Hens DIY Incubator

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Very complete article about building your own incubator. Anyone could build one from this. Good job!
This is the article everyone needs to read if they are considering getting guinea fowl. I learned so much and don't plan on getting any. Very informative and so thorough!
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Phosphorus Problems in the Land of “Perfect” Calcium

CabritaChicks
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Very informative!

Vitamin D is also part of this equation, as phosphorus and calcium both need Vitamin D to absorb them.

This article could be improved by providing citations to articles to back it up or providing further reading to anyone wanting to learn more.

Here is a great article by Grubbly Farms that explains the chicken's need for all three: calcium, phosphorus, and Vitamin D.

In a perfect world, folks would feed their chickens a good all-flock (supplementing oyster shell for the layers) or layer feed that contains enough vitamins, minerals, etc. for chickens and laying hens, and then store it properly in a sealed container, and ensure never feeding spoiled, moldy, or extremely expired feed. Unfortunately, it's not a perfect world, so good if folks understood the correlation between calcium, phosphorus, and D, especially if they're having issues with their chickens as you described.
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It would take me forever to look up references, because I’d have to dig through google/ncbi or research gate and my old research papers from uni for the right sources. This knowledge is second nature to me — I learned it long ago and it’s ingrained from years of working, which helps birds worldwide. For others who only memorized it from a textbook or seminar, or in the lab, finding it again could be a slow process. It’s like asking someone to prove that an umbrella is better than a newspaper for staying dry in the rain — or sneakers are more orthopedic than high heels... you don’t need a study; you’ve lived/learned it.

I originally wrote this for two members who were asking me questions and looking for a specific answer- I figured it there were two people, there may be more in the future. In my mind, it was easier to create an article I could reference later (and easily find again, since I’m still learning how to use the site’s search functions- in which I am enjoying the site).

I’ve done extensive research on vitamin D in birds, and a focus on poultry and passerines (chronic egg layers)- I will try to dig up my old reseach, as the actual requirement might surprise you. I see a lot of inconsistencies online as it is a topic that cannot be explained without regard to variables (even specific breed variations, etc so you cant say '13 hours' or some hogwash like that). If I were to add in the Vit D portion, it would be another couple thousand words. I'm about to get on a plane heading for surgery- so maybe by the end of the month I can add it. :)

Cold Weather Poultry Housing and Care

Alaskan
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I love how in your article you explain everything so folks can understand the why or why nots of things. I also like your consideration of the sometimes need for heat for chickens and caution about the same. We heat our coops full of silkies to 40°F here in WI, safely.

Very thorough and clear in explaining the reasoning behind everything you've built and done! Nice job!
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So you're thinking about raising ducks? Read this!

CrazyChickenLady123
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Good basic but thorough overview of raising ducks. Beautiful picture of that momma mallard and babies!

Noob's coop

Noobie farmer
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Excellent job predator proofing around it, but using 1/2" hardware cloth would have been much more secure. This would be a better article if there was some build details and maybe even a materials list.

Kelly's Coop

SteveO2
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It's looking like it's a nice coop but there's no explanation of how it was built. Someone may like your idea and want to build it, but be lost on what materials they'd need to buy too.

Chicken Coop From Recycled Materials

Quillen
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Great idea to remodel a shed, except we can't see the inside or what was done to it to turn a shed into a coop.

how my coop took shape

chick n goat ma
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It looks good but there's no explanation of how this was built and a lack of pictures of the inside. Also, it's chicken wire which isn't very secure. 1/2" 19-gauge hardware cloth would be so much better.

Kelsie's Koop but children's chicks! (LOTS of photos)

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Beautiful photos. A bit more explanation of measurements to cut and how you built it would be helpful as well as what the finished coop looked like.

Converted children’s playhouse

Bdutch
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This is a great article explaining and showing how to remodel a wooden playhouse into a small coop.
We recently bought something similar on FB Marketplace and remodeled it. We use ours as a growout pen, but it could be a coop for a few chickens like you are doing if we needed it.

Super idea and love the photos and details!
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Joe's BBQ and Egg Emporium! or as my friends call it Yolk Manor.

joer77
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Very cute and nice designs you have. When I look at your first photo, it looks like a side-by-side washer and dryer, which is a whole other concept lol. This just needs more build details. Your red love shack appears in here too with nothing about it other than you have to shingle it yet.

Gypsy Caravan Coop

diditotaro
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It is eye-appealing! Alas, no instructions on how you built it to help others build similar though. Also no pictures of it during the build or of the inside.
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