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    4 x 6 coop from scratch in Oregon

    Made a quick roost for the ladies. I didn't know exactly what they would prefer so I made a few options, I'll see what they use then I'll replace the ones that they don't like. Here they are, happy as can be scratching up a storm. One's a leghorn, three are rhode...
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    4 x 6 coop from scratch in Oregon

    Thank you for your kind words. In response to your questions I did not have any blueprints to speak of to build my coop. I started by reading a ton of information, and was again and again guided by Google back to BYC.com to find answers to my questions. I was armed with sq/ft per chicken, the...
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    4 x 6 coop from scratch in Oregon

    Well just about done. Doors are all on, sturdy locking latches on all entry points. I ended up using hardware fabric on the coop base to allow them to hang out under the coop if they choose. In hindsight I may not have painted the lower section white... Took $15 of shakey can's to turn the coop...
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    4 x 6 coop from scratch in Oregon

    Had no clue where to start... I was reading a lot of articles online and hopefully I've come up with something that the ladies will love. Started by clearing off a long neglected concrete pat on the side of our new house. We're starting with five chickens so I see that calls for between...
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    new buy building a coo

    Weekends are never long enough. Especially when your dad finds a workbench you need to pickup, then the wife needs you to run out and buy a 4cu/ft bag of perlite, the rain is coming so you need to build a temporary garage, then a new 10x10 easy up for the wifes flower baskets... Then it rains...
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    Oregon

    New guy taking some chickens from a coworker next week. Building a coop then bringing the birds home. We're in West Linn within city limits but on property that was never annexed into the city so we're technically Clackamas County.
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    new buy building a coo

    Thanks, I'm going though some of the coop ideas right now. As soon as the birds get home I'll post some pictures of them. We bought three 48" x 50' rolls of 23ga hardware cloth off amazon for a garden fence bit it is getting re appropriated for the coop. So far I like the walk in designs...
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    new buy building a coo

    Double post...
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    new buy building a coo

    Howdy folks! My wife and I just bought a little more property, just a half acre, but it is enough that we planned to have chickens eventually. We've been consumed by remodeling our bathroom, two bedrooms, putting in new windows, changing out minor and major appliances, taking out some rather...
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