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    Medium OverEZ coop. How many chickens, really?

    My flock still isn’t integrated. I have been tossing around the idea of keeping them separated, anyway. Unless we free range. Barred rocks and Salmon Faverolles. I have a couple Barred rocks that pace the fence line wanting to get to the Faverolles right now. 😟 I’ve redesigned the run today...
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    Medium OverEZ coop. How many chickens, really?

    Also, it would only have one solid side, roof, and a partial windbreak on the west facing side of the run. Should be pretty protected. I’m wondering if a few fans on the run facing wall of the coop would solve my problems
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    Medium OverEZ coop. How many chickens, really?

    We consistently get negative degree weather. I’m looking into ventilation fans. Any experience with those?
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    Medium OverEZ coop. How many chickens, really?

    okay! You guys have me on a mission! I’m going to do more planning and research! Maybe I need to look into fans. Maybe I just need to get more coops. And more runs. And more chickens! 😂😂 I appreciate you guys sending me in the right direction. I just want my girls to be healthy and happy ☺️🥰
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    Medium OverEZ coop. How many chickens, really?

    Okay. I’m thinking I’m just going to need two coops. If I put 5 girls in there, I’d have to pull off almost an entire wall for ventilation. And with our winters, they’d be frozen chickens. 🥶 Maybe I’ll cut rectangles above the roost area and cover with hardware cloth.
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    Medium OverEZ coop. How many chickens, really?

    We are putting the run next to the garage and doing an overhang roof over the whole run. I’m not sure we were planning to put the coop inside the run, though. We’d lose square footage of run space. So, it was going to sit just outside the run. We’ll put up wind block as well. There’s a 4-5”...
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    Medium OverEZ coop. How many chickens, really?

    I hadn’t even considered that! I’ll either have to do two coops or downsize my numbers. Dang it! I’m glad you caught that!
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    Medium OverEZ coop. How many chickens, really?

    Oh good!! We are moving and getting everything set up at our new place. And I was painting the inside of the new coop and it seemed awfully small. However, our young chickens all huddled together in the corner of their current coop anyway. Silly chickens 🤦‍♀️ The new run will be 12x15...
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    Medium OverEZ coop. How many chickens, really?

    18 SF. So, 4 chickens max? Can you successfully have two coops attached to the same run?
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    Medium OverEZ coop. How many chickens, really?

    I bought an OverEZ medium sized chicken coop for a bargain from a closed feed store. I have 5 Pullets that I’m integrating together. I’m not naïve enough to think it can really hold 10. But, will it be big enough for 5?
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    Integrating Salmon Faverolles and Barred Rocks 🤔

    Okay! That’s a good idea. I was just really worried they’d get cold. Maybe I’m coddling then too much 🙈 I’ll work on putting in a window of some sort on the other side 👍 Thank you!
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    Integrating Salmon Faverolles and Barred Rocks 🤔

    I put in a little vent. Is that not enough?
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    Integrating Salmon Faverolles and Barred Rocks 🤔

    I brought them in for the night after they spent all day in the coop separated from the other girls. The Barred Rocks all seemed keen on making themselves known. So… I spent today making them a temporary mini coop out of an old cabinet! I’ll leave it in there when I take the barrier away so they...
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    Integrating Salmon Faverolles and Barred Rocks 🤔

    I pulled them completely off heat a couple days ago. Still in my back bedroom, though. I have a 10x12 run for the ladies right now. I’m going to see about separating a section off for the Faverolles today. I’ve been hesitant about kicking them outside since our weather has been all over the...
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    Integrating Salmon Faverolles and Barred Rocks 🤔

    Thank you! I just kept reading about people’s Salmon Faverolles needing to be separated and I thought to myself “now, why in the world did it not cross your mind that different breeds might not live well together?” I’ll be honest, my first and only thought was if the breed was good with children...
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