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    Our first chicken coop! A work in progress... Updates: 3/1/2010 - first coop pictures posted, four posts in the ground! 3/8/2010 - second weekend of work done, all joists and subfloor installed! Coop Progress: 3/1/2010 We worked on the coop over the weekend and so far we have four 4x4...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    I'm at 20 weeks and 2 days, and no eggs yet from my 9 hens...
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    hens are very docile when on the roost at night

    When I go out every night to check on my chickens, they are all very docile when they are sitting on the roost. Normally I cant go right up and pet each and every one of them, but when they sit on their roost they don't seem to mind. Are all chickens this silly?
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    Hoop Coop DISASTER!

    maybe you got the thicker walled PVC pipe, like the 300PSI pvc pipe when you should have gotten the thinner walled stuff that will bend, like the 120psi pvc pipe I know they have different pvc pipe thicknesses at Lowes, there were at least 3 different kinds when we built a PVC raised dog bed...
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    question about MPC orders

    with my MPC order, they emailed me with the ship date after I placed the order, but I received no further order or shipping confirmation. My chicks were hatched and shipped on a Monday, and I got a call from the post office the next day on Tuesday at 10:30am, so be on the lookout!
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    5 week olds in their new coop!

    Quote: The roost that is in there is only temporary for now, I just nailed it in place to give them a spot to jump up to until I can put in the full roost which will be much higher. The permanent version will have a flat-side-up 2x4 with poop board below it. The end of it is actually nailed...
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    5 week olds in their new coop!

    Thanks to all the good stuff everyone posts in the forum, I confidently put my 5-week olds out in their coop last night! The lows got only down to 65, and they were up and peepin around this morning. Happy to have more space than their cardboard box brooder in the house. More pics in my...
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    Putting a piece of Copper in water to stop Algae growth?

    if you put pennies in, be sure to use pennies dated 1962-1982, which are 95% copper modern pennies are only 2.5% copper plated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_%28United_States_coin%29#History_of_composition
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    LIGHT BRAHMA CHICK question

    well please do still post pics when you can get your camera back up and running, I'd like to see your little peep for comparison if she is a he, i guess I'll have to find a name other than Princess Leia
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    LIGHT BRAHMA CHICK question

    I think one of my chickens is a light brahma (https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=334158), she is much slower to feather out than the rest of my chickens. The pics below are from 29 days old, this little girl is gonna keep me from putting my 9 peeps out in their new coop as...
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    Does This Exist???

    I have a pair of Mechanix gloves that have kept my hands stab free from hardware cloth so far, maybe a nice pair of work gloves will save your hands too
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    Question about my pet chicken

    my order of 8 chickens from MyPetChicken had just that, 8 baby peeps in it their website says they dont ship packing peanut chicks http://www.mypetchicken.com/backyard-chickens/chicken-help/How-come-you-cant-ship-just-one-chick-H12.aspx?
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    so very many great ideas here!

    I've been as much of the forums as I can as I am constructing my coop, and trying to incorporate as much of the good stuff that I can, price be dammed! - nipple waterers! I had no idea such things existed and its way more clean than a poopy water bowl full of shavings - vertical hardware...
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    Poll: What time did the post office call you??

    I was called at 10:30am on Tuesday by the postmaster, my peeps shipped in one day from MPC in Norwalk, CT to rural Rougemont, NC
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    Coop Construction nearing completion

    the coop is 6'3" by 6'3" square at the base, the front side of the coop is 7' tall to the ceiling from the floor, and 5'6" tall on the back, with approx 3/12 roof pitch I have a tall skinny window on both sides of the coop that I got from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, they will both be...
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