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    Free chickens and coop in Media PA

    The chickens and coop have found a new home. Thanks to everybody who expressed an interest! Eric
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    Free chickens and coop in Media PA

    This coop is huge and will require a winch and a flat-bed truck to move it.
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    Free chickens and coop in Media PA

    My daughter got them so I amnot sure. They look like Polish bantams, but one is a Buff Cochin, and another pone is a full-size Brahma (I think).
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    Free chickens and coop in Media PA

    Media, outside Philadelphia
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    Free chickens and coop in Media PA

    Hi all, We are getting ready to move and need to find a new home for our chickens and their coop. We have five bantams and one large Cochin. The coop is approximately 3.5' deep x 7' long, on stilts, with a shingle roof and an outside enclosure of approximately the same dimensions made...
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    lost my five laying hens this AM. ws it a dog?

    something killed my six laying hens this morning between 7 and 9am. i forgot to close the enclosure gate last night. the coop itself has an automatic chicken door that closes between 9pm and 6am, but when it opened this morning they had free run of the yard. they never leave the yard, so...
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    Ericzs Member Page

    in february 2011 my daughter ordered 5 bantam chicks from ideal poultry, and they added 14 RIR males to the shipment for warmth. after a month or so, my daughter gave two of the bantams to a friend. one of the RIRs turned out to be a pullet, so we kept her and gave the males to her boss at...
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    Can one have a single, controlled, self propigating flock?

    this would be a good book: "the self-propagating dual-purpose flock"
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    Almost Complete! Building 12x20 coop! Update post # 41

    hi nate, looks like a good plan so far, but what are you going to do for a roof? you might think about reducing the width of the coop from 10' to 8' so you will not have to use partial plywood panels for the roof. also, will there be a small ingress/egress door for the chickens...
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    how do you all buy just a few chicks?

    it looks like i will order from ideal again. i can get what i want, for january delivery. i'll have to get a few extra to fulfil the minimum-order requirements, but i can find a home for them after a month or two. last year when my daughter ordered five bantams, they added 15 RIR males for...
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    how do you all buy just a few chicks?

    a couple of people have said that meyer hatchery has a minimum order of three chicks, but the online site won't let me place an order unless i have 15 chicks in the basket. my pet chicken doesn't have availability as early as i'd like, but i might have to just be patient. i will also...
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    how do you all buy just a few chicks?

    howdy all, i want to get six female chicks for january or at the latest mid-february delivery, but every hatchery i have looked at has minimum order of 15 or 20 or 25. ideal poultry will include RIR males for warmth, but then i am stuck with having to find a home for them later. what do you...
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    1/2 Inch Hardware Cloth, heavy gauge, where to find in VA?

    if you're in richmond i would be surprised if pleasant's hardware doesn't have it.
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    new coop is finished, i used many suggestions form folks here

    hey all, have a look at my BYC page to see the new coop. i used a lot of suggestions from folks here on the forum, both direct advice and things i gleaned from reading hundreds of posts. thanks a lot to everybody for helping me with this. i still have to finish the HW cloth and 12" buried...
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    Automatic door opener/closer

    i just installed one last week. i got the kit from discounthomeautomation.com comes with motor, timer, solar panel and battery. solar panel keeps the battery charged, battery supplies power through the timer to the motor. timer comes with a wiring harness to connect all the components...
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