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    If feed stores closed and you can’t free range...

    I live in suburban Orlando. My 5 hens are illegal and I house them in two very larg hen houses in my back yard. Most of my neighbors know I have them. If it comes down to it, I would reach out to my neighbors and ask them to toss any food scraps into a 5 gallon bucket that I would hang on the...
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    I think my chicken is sick?? How can I treat her?

    One of my pullets is acting strange, she is usually very flighty and this morning she let me pick her right up. When I cleaned off the droppings board of noticed some really watery poop that I'm sure is hers because of where she usually roosts. Does anyone recognized her ailment? What can I do...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Not at all! I got most of my ideas from other coops here and elsewhere on the internet :) Thank you! I have actually ordered 4 more chicks their hatch date is in May so it will be a full coop come July :)
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Just finished my chicken coop/run! Ok it is a run, there is not an actual enclosed coop section but it is completely wrapped in hardware cloth and the hardware cloth extends out on the sides at least 1 foot below the concrete block and the 3 sides of the coop are also covered with wooden...
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    It is finished!

    Thanks for the tip, I have been raking up their droppings and leftovers once or twice a week and putting all that in my compost pile, I recently bought a bale of pine needles for my garden and threw it in there for the girls to play with and they LOVE it! They love to sit on it and hop off it...
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    It is finished!

    It is finished! I am very happy with how my coop/run turned out and it would not have turned out this well if it wasn't for all the helpful advice and plethora of information I obtained from BackYardChickens.com!! This was such an amazing learning experience and I look forward to many years of...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    I finished it! Thank you all for your help in this process, I am extremely happy with how it turned out and the girls love it too. Here is my story! http://myfloridachickencoop.blogspot.com/2016/03/so-my-husband-and-i-bought-house-in.html
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    sliding egg access doors?

    Thanks for your honest opinion, I appreciate the cleaning tip, I didn't think of that part and I have learned from reading other posts that the less you have to go in the coop the better? I am building a walk in coop but I have read how a lot of people do that but then make feeding, watering and...
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    sliding egg access doors?

    So I am still in the design phase of my coop planning and while searching for nest box ideas I came across this really interesting sliding egg access door mechanism... I like this idea but I was wondering if anyone has tried anything similar or can help me with pros/cons. My first concern was...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    It will be completely enclosed run with a permanent roof, I only have 3 hens but I'm building it for up to 6 since I wont be able to let them free range. I'll post pictures once I start building. I am having a lot of fun designing and planning :) Thanks again for the advice!
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Thank you so much for your post and pictures! It is very helpful to hear what works in our area since our climate is so unique! I am playing around with my plans still and I was not sure if the hens would be upset or distressed during a thunderstorm without a coop to hide in. I am planning to...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    First I want to introduce myself as this is my first post. I am an urban gardener and school teacher looking to add chickens to my backyard garden. I have spent the last weeks reading posts on this forum and I have learned a lot, I had originally planned to build a chicken coop and run but now...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Hi everyone! I have spent the last weeks reading posts on this forum and I have learned a lot, I had originally planned to build a chicken coop and run but now I am debating whether the coop is necessary for my hens in central Florida. Unfortunately I do not have shade trees in my back yard...
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    HOT Central Florida run - no coop???

    First I want to introduce myself as this is my first post. I am an urban gardener and school teacher looking to add chickens to my backyard garden. I have spent the last weeks reading posts on this forum and I have learned a lot, I had originally planned to build a chicken coop and run but now...
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