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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    Whoops --- I did not see the next page of comments! So sorry that it too me so long to get back to you on here! I'm glad you figured it out! =)
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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    TNT-Ranch, Thank you so much for the compliments =) We created these coops not anticipating folks would want to reverse the direction, so there are dowels that are made to make it difficult to build it "wrong" -- but hindsight is 20/20 and we now see that lots of people want to reverse the...
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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    Nice! Thats a good size =) How many chickens would you want to keep in that? We are working on developing something new right now, so I will take your feedback to our team!
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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    Thank you for the wonderful feedback! What size pen are you looking for, and would you want it to be walk-in or just high enough for the chickens?
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    Hen is standing funny =(

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    Hen is standing funny =(

    I've searched and concluded that this hen may be egg bound, and I've begun treatment for that, but just wanted to show a photo in case the community here thinks it's something different! Context: rescued this hen and 8 others from a poorly maintained "coop". Lots of mud/poop on the ground, not...
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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    I just wanted to post an update -- I brought the idea to my team about removing our Chicken-Count and instead, providing detailed sqft specs for the Coop, Nest Box, and Pen. Even though it may put us at a slight competitive disadvantage, we all felt it was the right thing to do for the birds and...
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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    That's unfortunate that she has to consider giving up something as rewarding as chicken keeping due to the lack of a better enclosure.. Tell her to hang in there! We are here to help!!! We have a coop in the works that will be affordable, yet high quality, and will be designed keeping in mind...
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    DIY HUMANE way to Kill Slaughter Chicken (Stun-kill, Gas)

    I wonder why dogs would panic while humans don't even notice CO poisoning. Very interesting.. I'll have to read up on it some more.
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    DIY HUMANE way to Kill Slaughter Chicken (Stun-kill, Gas)

    I'm a fairly athletic 28 year old guy and have been a vegetarian for 10 years after seeing how commercial food animals are treated. I haven't experienced any issues with my health (in fact, my bloodwork is amazing), and I too am an animal lover; the type to relocate insects instead of squashing...
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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    I loved all of your suggestions -- and I completely agree with your sentiment about doing something new, on a larger scale -- I think you'll be happy to know that some of the concepts you mentioned are actually on whiteboards in our offices at this very moment! We have some very exciting things...
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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    Junebuggena, I truly appreciate your passion for the wellbeing of the birds =) I just want to clarify that, while we are a for-profit company that produces coops, we are absolutely committed to quality of life of the chickens -- if we can't develop coops that are kind to the chickens that live...
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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    Junebuggena, Are you saying that the 4H standard is only referring to the roosting area, and that 4H has a separate standard for pen space of 10sqft per bird? If so, I was unaware of this -- All the literature I've read actually suggests LESS than 4sqft (some even suggesting as little as...
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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    mcalkins7, I'm very sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with your coop, but I truly appreciate the honest feedback -- we are working our tails off to make our coops better than what has been available in the past, and while I feel confident that we have made great progress toward that...
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    We are entering the pre-fab chicken coop market and are looking for feedback!

    WOW! You are all amazing!! I just got back from out of town and haven't had time to study all of this awesome feedback in detail, but I wanted to jump in here and say THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I truly appreciate all of you taking the time to share your experience and thoughts -- I can't wait...
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