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    My coop conversion

    My chickens have moved into the upper level of my coop conversion and spent their first night last night. More of the work I’ve accomplished.
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    Helpful hints for building coops

    I still have a little more work to do on the coop, going to add stairs for easier access to the top portion and add more hardware cloth over the top of run. Also need to add shutters to the windows. Chickens spent their first night in the upper part last night.
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    Helpful hints for building coops

    Hey y’all, I’ve been reading this thread from the beginning, took me a couple of weeks. Thanks for all the great tips, suggestions and entertainment. I’m new to raising chickens and almost have my coop and run complete, I cheated a little bit in converting a kids play house into my coop.
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    My coop conversion

    There is wood trim around all the windows, sandwiching the hardware cloth. All is attached with 1” staples from an air stapler. Around the run the hardware cloth is buried 1’ straight down and will eventually enclose the entire bottom half. Also the eves are all closed off with hardware cloth...
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    My coop conversion

    And these are some of the things I’ve accomplished so far.
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    My coop conversion

    I’m new to the forum and to raising chickens, that said when I bought my house last year it came with a “chicken coop” with a child’s play house on top. I’m converting the play house into a hen house and looking for experienced insight into what I’m doing wrong and right. These pictures are of...
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    Newbie from NC

    Hey y’all New to the site and to raising chickens. Hope to learn and share as much as I can. Thanks for having
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