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    Is bamboo okay for chickens?

    Go to the Bamboo Society website and carefully choose your variety. Bamboo is terribly invasive can take over your whole property and spread to your neighbors. Once established it's nearly impossible to eradicate.
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    Permethrin treated perches

    I would avoid the permethrin. There's little benefit vs the continued exposure to the pesticide. Give your birds a good dust bathing space and add some diatomaceous earth. You won't have a mite problem.
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    1/2x1/2 hardware cloth or 1x2 welded wire for outdoor aviary?

    Definitely hardware cloth. The view through it is fine.
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    Coop & Run on a Hill

    I don't think the blocks would be a big help. For not a lot of money you can rent an auger that would make short work of the holes.
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    Coop & Run on a Hill

    You could sink some piers into the ground to bolt the coop to. Just sitting an elevated coop on cement blocks is not a good idea because the structure is not heavy (as buildings go) and a strong wind could blow it off the blocks. If you put in piers and leveled them across the top you could...
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    Very Confused Newbie With An Existing Coop - keep, redesign, or redo?

    The chickens can deal with the cold so long as they're not in a draft. What they can't deal with is poor ventilation.
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    We Build Chicken Coops

    The link is broken.
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    Deep litter method

    6x8x.5=24 cubic feet. 5 bags.
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    Hongjun Craft Wood Industry Co. Coops?

    There's a guinea forum here. Post there and you'll get some answers.
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    You have to see this: $3k Anthropologie coop

    http://www.neimanmarcus.com/christmasbook/fantasy.jsp?cid=CBF12_O5415&cidShots=m,a,b,c,z&r=cat44770736&rdesc=The%20Fantasy%20Gifts&pageName=Beau%20Coop&icid=CBF12_O5415
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    marmite on toast!!!

    I wouldn't feed any living thing Marmite or Vegemite!
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    paint color for inside coop?

    You don't like Benjamin Moore "Coq au Poop"?
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    can predators (raccoons, coyotes) dig under and into a coop that's on 12" x 12" (2" thick) concrete

    I would think that the raccoons would be stronger and smarter than a coyote so if you stop the coon the coyote won't be a problem. I'd be interested in other opinions.
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    New to the site, here's my coop build

    Very nice.
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    can predators (raccoons, coyotes) dig under and into a coop that's on 12" x 12" (2" thick) concrete

    No. If the pavers are abutting each other the raccoon will not be able to push his way through.
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