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    Building an Indoor Coop

    I got the indoor coop done just in time for the first snowfall! The waterer and the heat panel are both plugged into a thermoblock and wired along the roof. I ended up going with a pine shaving that has diatomaceous earth mixed in. I checked on the hens at about 9pm and they had not...
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    Building an Indoor Coop

    Built some Dutch doors tonight. They’re not hung yet, just balancing precariously.
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    Building an Indoor Coop

    This photo taken during the daylight hours better shows that there is a good amount of ventilation higher up all along the roofline. I’ll be sealing these openings with hardware cloth and leaving them for ventilation in addition to some other windows that I’ll add.
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    Building an Indoor Coop

    they have a run outside. Still not 100% on my window plans.
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    Building an Indoor Coop

    My biggest gripe about keeping chickens is maintaining them during the winter; trudging through mucky snow, carrying water in freezing temps, etc.. I decided it was time to build a coop into the existing lean-to shed behind my garage. I collected a bunch of free lumber from my work, as well as...
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    Shell less egg??

    I've had 2 of my 5 hens that are really late egg bloomers. Over the last few weeks I'd noticed eggs just as you are describing every other day or so. I even caught one of these 2 hens laying hers at 10:30pm, which was very odd... But, as of yesterday I believe these 2 have finally started to lay...
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    First Time Poster, Long Time Viewer

    I had 2, but one died and I gave the other one away. Technically I'm not allowed to have a rooster where I live.
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    First Time Poster, Long Time Viewer

    Hey all, Not brand new to chickens, but it's been a few years. I've got 5 hens now, and plan to pick up several more in the near future. I've got 3 Black Stars, 1 Rhode Island, and 1 Barred. I've currently got the hens in a 6x4' coop that I built this summer, but I'll be building them a much...
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