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    Elwars Chicken Coop Tractor

    Ok, I started my chicken run/tractor. It's 4'X8'X3H This is where the run will end up. The dogs watched but weren't much help. Got it standing and added some supports for stability. Door frame for connector to the raised coop. Painted before the hardware cloth goes on. added a...
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    Short height runs?

    Wheels on one end, a bar on the other. I just lift it and move it over when I need to get in there.
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    fort knox

    I've tried to make my coop as Fort Knox as possible. It's about 3 feet off of the ground. The 3 sides (with latched doors) with hardware cloth are not reachable without some acrobatics (hanging down from the roof or a huge leap from a tree). The one side that a raccoon could get too is all wood...
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    coop help for desert climate

    I have a small hot weather coop & run...I built it myself so it isn't too hard. Check out my page https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=33375 The key is shade and open air.
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    Hot weather chicken coops?

    I have a small hot weather coop here in Florida where it gets just as hot. I put one wall up in the direction of where the wind and sun come from and have the other three sides as wired doors that give very easy access to anything in the coop. The chickens go in there at night and sleep on...
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    Bamboo Chicken Coop Plans

    You could probably make your run out of bamboo and hardware wire and then use the bamboo for siding on a coop built from wood.
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    Free Rhode Island Red to good home in West Central Florida

    Born at the beginning of June. Free to a good home.
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    Soldier Fly Larvae as a cheap food source for chickens

    I was just reading this site and it was saying that with 100 pounds of table scraps you can get about 1 pound of larvae to feed your chickens per day. Looks pretty interesting. I usually don't have many scraps though. I wonder if those little things would eat pine shavings...
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    Automatic Pop Door Opener - HELP!

    Quote: Do you mean how much room between the opener and the open door? I believe it is an inch. Let me know if you need more info because I just ordered one today from Foy's. I'm sure I can answer questions when mine comes and I'll see for myself. Foy's said unless I buy a door, the...
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    Please give me chicken coop blue prints :)

    Also, advice I got here that has worked out is that if you want just 2 hens...then you should get maybe 4 chicks...there's a 50% chance that your chickens will become roosters... I initially got 6 chicks because I wanted 2-3 hens...but the guy I bought them from had a decent track record for...
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    Finally built my tunnel from coop to tractor!

    And last night I came home a bit later than usual after the sun had set and all my girls (and rooster) were sitting up in their perch.
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    Finally built my tunnel from coop to tractor!

    Quote: I have the tunnel connected to the tractor with a vice. I just pull the vice off and move it. I still have the hardware cloth for the opening attached so it just closes right up. I haven't used the tractor as a tractor though...the DW thought that the chickens would destroy the grass...
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    Automatic Pop Door Opener - HELP!

    I've been looking at these also...what is the clearance needed from bottom of the door to the top? Also, what's to prevent a raccoon from opening the door at night?
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    Please give me chicken coop blue prints :)

    I built my coop with the intent on having 2-3 chickens. Check out my BYC page...the coop is 4X4 and the run is 4X8. There are a lot of factors when building, if you're up north you have to plan around insulating the place, if you're in the south you need to factor in heat, giving plenty of...
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    What sort of latches do you use?

    Instead of using a lock, I use those clips like you use for your keychain (at least that's what my wife uses them for). You can see them on my nest box:
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