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    My babies

    Yes - leave the light on overnight. At that age they should be at approximately 95-100 degrees at all times. Red heat lamps are the best as they are less stressful when you leave them on all night. Each week the temperature can decrease by approximately 5 degrees, but you should still look to...
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    Changing Chicken Laws in Ranchos Palos Verdes

    A client of ours just got a letter from the city about keeping unpermitted animals. Has anyone else in this area received a similar letter? Do you know if there is anyone heading the fight to change the ordinances in RPV?
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    What size of coop for 8-10 hens?

    Our rules of thumb for chicken housing: 1 nesting box for every 4 chickens. They are community nesters, and like to lay where other chickens have laid. Even with other open nesting boxes, our hens still pile on top of each other in one box. 4 Sq Ft. per chicken in the coop. This is a...
  4. The Weathertop Coop

    The Weathertop Coop

    The Weathertop Coop is an all natural coop with made with Redwood, with a cedar shingle rooftop. The coop is 4x6' with two roosting bars, pop out nesting boxes, large double doors, a large window, and a pop door with a ramp for the chickens to get to the run.
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    Comment by 'Dare 2 Dream Farm' in article 'Malibu Coop'

    Thanks for all of the comments! The siding is hardie board. The entire soffit area under the roof is open with wire so there is tons of airflow. AS far as the plans go, we built to a design and didn't have any formal plans drafted.
  6. Malibu Coop

    Malibu Coop

    Fort Malibu The coop and run are extremely secure from all types of predators, egg collection is from the outside and the coop has storage for all of the feed and supplies needed for the coop. Quick Sketch Up of what the coop is going to look like. We buried 1/2 welded wire a foot...
  7. Welded Wire

    Welded Wire

  8. Pop door

    Pop door

  9. Wire Roof

    Wire Roof

  10. Chickens!

    Chickens!

  11. Inside

    Inside

  12. Back Side

    Back Side

  13. Side

    Side

  14. Front Side

    Front Side

  15. Sketchup of the coop

    Sketchup of the coop

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