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    Coop bedding

    I would personally use shaving in the coop and leave the run the way it is. The deep litter method would definitely be an option depending on your preference. I personally like the cleaner look of bare ground or grass. The deep litter method would need less attention if that was what you were...
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    Cement Coop floor

    There are a few ways you could do this. 1) You could put shavings. 2) you could do the deep litter method.(consisting of shavings and other organic materials. There are many more, but I think these would be the most practical. I have concrete floors and personally use shavings. They work great...
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    Pain in the Mud

    Welcome, I agree with aart, you should try to divert any runoff and I would not put gravel in run in less covered with lots of material.(hard on their feet). However, I think some sand near the coop would be fine if it will help you with the drainage. I would personally not put sand in the...
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    Hardware cloth around perimeter?

    Hardware cloth will work fine, and I personally use it. I wedge it in between two pieces of wood and i have never had any issues. However, if you live in an area with many predators, then I would go with aart's option. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!:)
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    HELP- Is this Sand OK?

    I live in central California and I think that sand would be OK. I have two coops, one with some sand and the other with dirt. They both work, but I would only put sand near the coop if it is a permanent structure. This will help with drainage and keeping that area nice. It is a total personal...
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    Coop Size

    I personally wouldn’t buy it. However if you can and are willing to modify this coop it will be just fine. If you can get this coop cheap enough it may be worth it, if it is overpriced I would look for a new option or build it yourself. As a rule of thumb you want to have 4 SQ. Feet of space per...
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    Making a Coop in a Barn Stall?

    I have had a chicken coop built in an old barn in the past. It was also a barn built in 1800's, but I built it in a smaller pen. I would fix the bottom of the pen with wood, then put a wire material on the upper part of the exterior walls. It would work great for a chicken coop! If you have any...
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    Roost redo

    What you used as a roost should be fine. Chickens don't like a lot of change and so it may take a while for them to get used to it. Try to put them onto the stick at night if you can. Eventually they should learn to stay on the roost. Good lick and hope this helped!!!:)
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    Freezing Chicken Water

    Your best bet if you have electricity is to use a heated water dish. However, you could keep the water from freezing other ways. If you get to the point were you are not under freezing point, you could try to use an old tire and insulate it with something like packing peanuts or other...
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    Building a new coop

    My advice would be to just leave it bear dirt and not put pine shavings!
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    4 month old feeding tips?

    Personally I would have switched the chickens to grower feed at 10 weeks of age. Then near 18 weeks of age I would either keep them on grower feed and give them oyster shells on the side or switch them to layer feed. As for treats I wouldn't give them much until they get older. A few treats will...
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    Preferred bedding?

    There are many types of bedding that you can use. 1. Deep litter method (works best in moist climate.) 2. Sand (works best in dry climate) 3. Pine shavings (works well with almost any climate,) 4. Hay or straw (hay or straw does not absorb liquids the best) Out of all of these methods I would...
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    Now this is turining into a business!

    1. If you build one large coop it should be a minimum of 160sq.ft. If you build two separate coops there will need to be at least 4sq.ft. per bird. 2. I would say 3-4 hens per nesting box. So you probably would have 31-38 hens. That would mean roughly 8-9 nesting boxes. 3A. If you...
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    Recommended Feed for Two Different Ages of Chickens?

    If it was me I would put 18% protein grower feed. If some of the chickens lay eggs then offer oyster shells on the side. Hope this helped:)
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    Poop in the nesting boxes! Help or Advice needed TY

    I agree with @speedy2020, if the hens are just begging to lay eggs it wouldn't hurt to close off the nesting boxes. Then after a few days they will get used to sleeping somewhere else.
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