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    New Coop and Run nearly Finished

    Thanks for the comments... but we wait and see how it works in practice. It's meant for four layers. It's market day in town next Thursday, where we'll pick up four point of lay pullets, whichever breed is available on the day. It's been beautiful spring weather for about a week, but it's going...
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    New Coop and Run nearly Finished

    So I've nearly finished building the coop and run; no birds yet! It's portable and designed to sit over my raised vegetable beds which are 1 metre wide by 3.75 metres long; it can be carried by two people. They'll have a week or two on each bed between plantings, when the plan is that the...
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    tractor type coop for raised bed...

    OK, so we've got 12 identical raised vegetable beds growing various things on rotation. I want to make a small coop that, with an attached run, can be moved from bed to bed, so the birds directly manure the ground beneath between plantings. It needs to be light enough to be moved easily by...
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    introducing myself

    My life-partner and I are about to go and spend a sabbatical in the muddy countryside of Northern France, where we'll be keeping a few layers for the eggs. Of course, we'd also like to keep rabbits, geese, pigeons and a pig - but we'll start easy, just with the chooks. We'll be buying most...
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