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    bully chicken eats the most, so now 2 chickens aren't laying.

    Thanks. I'll try solitary confinement and let you know how it goes!...Throw her in the brig!
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    bully chicken eats the most, so now 2 chickens aren't laying.

    Hi I have 2 Australorp and RIRs...The RIR were 3 weeks old; the Australorps 3 days old when I got them. Now the Australorp are bigger, with one that is very big. Problem I have is that only 2 of them lay...the big bully Australorp and one RIR. The other 2 are smaller and do not lay. I...
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    Building a run....

    I went the route of using treated lumber that is closest to the ground, and then using regular wood on top. However I still need to paint the wood with something otherwise it'll get water or sun damage. I'm planning to use Thompson water seal and maybe some polyurethane coating (read somewhere...
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    Coop lining??

    would 3.5 inch high enough (basically using 2x4) for the deep litter method? I haven't decided yet (building a coop now...) Thanks,
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    4ft x4ft coop questions

    Thanks everyone for tips. I think I'll stick to plywood and go with 3/8 then -- I checked out the beadboard at Home Depot online but it still need to be painted. Remardsubtil, good tip on the wind. I remember in Nov-Feb it sure rains hard and windy here. But won't that help with...
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    4ft x4ft coop questions

    Hi all, I'm building a 4ft x4ft coop in good ole San Francisco Bay Area. I've been looking at this forum A LOT, so thanks everyone, especially now as I think about the inside of the coop (there's a thread about that--thanks!). Anyways, I plan to have 4x4 wood posts as the base. The plywood...
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    Roofing materials for coop and run?

    You can also nail a plywood board across or use fence boards . I'm building my coop and considering that for the run closest to the coop, so that they have more shaded place besides just under the coop house.
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    We are building our first coop...check it out!

    Great use of recycled boards. I'm also designing my coop similarly with 2 ft. long 4x4 as the base.. Um, how do you deal with the gaps in the walls (esp. in photo with the chicken opening at lower left). I have some leftover old fence boards that I'd like to reuse myself but can't figure out...
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    hello everyone! Plan to learn lots from you, and hope to contribute in the future

    Hey all, just got interested in raising chickens b/c organic eggs are $$$ and you don't know what constitutes "organic". Getting into self-sufficiency through a garden and thought--why not eggs too? Anyways, love all the small coops...I went through 1/2 of them to get an idea. Will keep you...
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