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    Bielefelder Chicks - Search-Oregon

    I am actually going there next week to pick up several chicks, but they will not have the Bielefelder until the third week of March, I haven't had good luck integrating chicks that are a month apart.
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    Bielefelder Chicks - Search-Oregon

    Hi! In Oregon, looking for bielefelder chicks, need to get chicks next week or two so they can go out side by the time there is some travel coming up. If anyone knows of any available now, please let me know!
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    What is the best all-around wormer?

    This thread is old, but can Valbazen be put in their water? My birds are all the same size, and I want to avoid catching them all.
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    Introducing new chicks/feed question

    Yes, we can get electricity out there. We have run an extention cord out there before when it has gotten below freezing for several days. I hadn't thought of putting them out there immediately, but I like that idea. Eventually, we will trench across the yard (150 ft) to put power and water at...
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    Introducing new chicks/feed question

    We have a 8' by 2.5 foot space under the poop board/roost that can be sectioned off, the plan is to introduce the babies in this area. If they are separated from the adult hens, at what age would you recommend to put them out there?
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    Introducing new chicks/feed question

    In the PNW, there are warm summers and wet winters. Current coop setup: 6' x 8' coop (48 sf) - poop board/roost, lots of ventilation. The poop board design is fantastic, with absolutely no moisture inside. If you are building a coop, go with this design. Run - 6' x 12' (72 sf) We are...
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    Run extension - electric fence?

    We have 6 chickens (would like to get 3 more). We have a coop that is 6' x 8'. The run is 6' x 13'. We will be extending the run by another 8 feet this summer. In the meantime, I'd like to give the girls more free-range room if possible. Has anyone done this for day use with an electric...
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    Chicken noob hoping for feedback on my coop design.

    I'd consider a poop board, just knowing you are high desert/mountains. Also be thoughtful on your roof and paint colors. Will your coop be in the shade or direct sunlight? Thinking of those hot summers, if direct sunlight I'd go light on the colors all around to reflect as much light/heat as...
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    Oregon

    Hi Oregon Chicken Family!!! We've currently have one year old Black Australorp rooster that will be re-homed. Australorps are great, but this is the first time I've issues with aggretion. I've got young kids and I'm not going to tolerate having to watch their back in the yard. As we look...
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    The Coop is Done!!! (mostly, gutters go up tomorrow)

    I will look for the full plans in the morning with dimentions and get back to you on the overhangs. Gutters are nothing special, just stock metal ones from home depot that we then cut to length and added to the coop backside. That side of the coop overhang is less as it gets no weather, the...
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    The Coop is Done!!! (mostly, gutters go up tomorrow)

    The weather comes out us the strongest facing the door, so the overhang is 16" in the front and sides. Because of the cost of wood this summer :he and wanting to utalize the plywood as much as possible we have a shorter overhang in the back + gutter, I'll have to go look in the morning as I...
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    The Coop is Done!!! (mostly, gutters go up tomorrow)

    Yeah, we have them open in the back as well, but covered with hardware cloth, front and back soffits come out to just under 8 sq ft. The passive ventilation is great.
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    The Coop is Done!!! (mostly, gutters go up tomorrow)

    Yeah, should have gotten the electric shears, my hands were shot after cutting out the hardware mesh.
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    The Coop is Done!!! (mostly, gutters go up tomorrow)

    Thanks! My husband mentioned the same thing if we keep Charles. He is kind of a bully to the girls, and I'm weighing if the juice is worth the squeeze with him and seeing if he is going to mellow out. We installed the predator apron the same weekend the run went up, earlier this summer, now...
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    The Coop is Done!!! (mostly, gutters go up tomorrow)

    The base footprint is is 6' x 8', but then we built walls, so the inside is a little less then that. The poop board comes out 23" from the back wall. The roof pitch is 14.5 degrees. Because we are in Oregon and it rains, a lot, we made the roof overhang deep in the direction the weather hits...
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