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We brought home chicks and a duck from Blacksburg, VA and although they did just fine in a guinea pig cage when they were young, after about a month it became necessary to build a real coop for the growing chicks.
And this is what we came up with:
And this is what we came up with:
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We got an igloo dog house off craigslist for ten bucks, and bought Ritz Qwackers her very own swimming pool.
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But, as our birds got older, we decided it might be nice to have a nest box for them, a d that they might like some toys to keep them busy....
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So here is the extension to the coop,
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