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    Roosting Pole Question

    I'm sure this has been asked before but I can't find it. I have an 8x10 coop that I am getting close to finishing. I have the nesting boxes done and they come up to right about 34 inches off the floor. My plan is to put two sets of roosts on either side of thw window which is in my end wall. The...
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    Used coop?

    If you haven't already moved it, it would probably pay to talk to a locally owned service that operates a roll back truck. I got the tow guy up the road to pick up my coop, 8x10, from about 30 miles away and drop it in my yard for $100. He charged me by the hour. Everybody else I talked to was...
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    Roost Design Questions

    I am all done with the outside of the coop and started working on the inside. I have the nesting boxes done, the floor and walls coated now looking at building roosts. I know that they need to be higher than the nesting boxes. Does that mean the top of the nesting boxes or just the actual...
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    Nesting Box Questions

    SMonroe1990 Did you use treated or non plywood and did you paint or otherwise seal it?
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    Nesting Box Questions

    I am getting to the point with my coop where it is about time to start adding roosts and nesting boxes. I know what I am going to use for the roosts but unsure what to use for the nesting boxes. I have an 8' x 10' coop and am planning 12 - 15 chickens. I am unsure of what materials to use to...
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    Rehabbing Shed Into Coop Have Questions

    Linoleum would be great but if I were to do it I would want 1 piece and most places wont sell you something that size at remnant prices. The other thing about the Black Jack is that it serves to water proof and seal everything. Everything I have read about it has been nothing but good.
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    Rehabbing Shed Into Coop Have Questions

    I recently bought an 8 x 12 shed that had been used as a coop at some point in the past but had been abandoned for some time. Its needs some work, some of which is already in progress including new siding, a few replaced 2 x 4's and new roosts and nesting boxes. The previous owners left 4" of...
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    New Member

    My fiance (wife in 26 days) and I bought a piece of property last fall and are planning on getting chickens. We bought an old shed which needs some work this spring and are planning on working to overhaul it over the next year or so and get our first chicks next spring. Have some questions for...
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