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    Canadians check in here....

    I ended up buying birds off of Kijiji. The first seller I contacted I was trying to convince myself it would be ok. Not bad feelings about him but a through and through farmer and the birds have been raised that way. I suspected the birds have never been handled and thats not what we were...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    2 days with chickens. Day one we had 2 eggs and day 2 another 2 eggs. I believe the 3 RSL have laid and one of the Easter Eggers has laid. Leaving 1 Easter egger as a dud ;-) Despite better advice we ended up letting them out yesterday in the yard for a couple hours. We kept one of the Easter...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    While we had a whirlwind day. Far more done then I expect.. So much so we got chickens today! I lucked out. I happen to poke at Kijiji this morning and saw a post for some red sex link and easter eggers about 10 minutes from my home. We chatted back and forth in email and she seemed honest and...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    Thanks kindly.. Seems like all good advice. Just spotted a new add that is up by my inlaws. We can drop off some groceries and pickup some chickens. I will talk to them as well. Cheers,
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    Thanks for the feedback... That is the ramp. Its sitting a little lower then where it will be once installed. The coop itself is elevated for painting and hardware mesh where the ramp is still on the ground. It should be a little under a 45 degree ramp once installed, but I will check it out an...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    Well a couple more evening working away at this. The list is shrinking. Install hardware cloth around perimeter of run Install and hang hinged doors Order Feeder parts and assemble Assemble waterer - Just need to pick a bucket to drill into! Install power for camera/light/heater etc etc etc...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    Not as much done today as I had hoped, but still some good progress... Chicken door is engineered and working nicely on a pull cable. Egg door is setup and in place. Last of the painting is finished.. Ramp just needs to be assembled.. Where does that leave me... I ordered a couple different type...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    I am very happy with the progress. Further ahead then I would have thought, and I would not have made it this far without the labor! Tomorrow I have.... Build and paint ramp install chicken door and engineer cable pull lift Cut, engineer and install sliding windows install hardware cloth...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    Spend sometime yesterday and today building and painting.. I hope to have things ready to put in place tomorrow. Big rain here tomorrow though so likely late next week before I can get it. Pretty happy with the progress and all the help from the family! To build it again I would change the...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    Much appreciate the idea! I can work with that....
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    Much appreciate the insight. The more I read the more I was starting to think I may have to reverse my thinking. Time to put lots of holes in our beautiful wooden canvas ;-) Been getting little bits done at night but hopefully over the weekend I can get the windows and vents cut then paint...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    Hear me out ;-) It's easier to cut a hole then fill it back in! I was/am concerned about the cold weather and having two many holes. It may well be that I am more concerned the cold then the heat and have things backwards... I guess really that's what I am getting at. I know everything is...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    Thats what I was thinking up near the peaks.. I was just not sure if I should just do it or wait and monitor temperatures first...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    4 Chickens likely is the plan. We will see what we can get as they seem to be in short supply. East and West sides I agree with you. I see how large I can make them based on the internal framing. The South side will catch more daytime light in the winter, I don't see it catching much in the...
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    Time to cut in door and Ventilation - Thoughts?

    Hey Folks, Been slowly working away at building our new coop. We made family project of it and designed it ourselves.. Being new to Backyard chickens (growing up we had free range meat birds but they just roamed our barn with the other animals) I am looking for some input in the quantity, size...
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