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    Considering part of my house for a coop?? (PIX ADDED NOW)

    Quote: I think we are leaning toward building a shed with an attached coop and getting hardy chickens. We need a shed anyway, so maybe this will force the issue. Aside from having half of it already built, the pros would have included that there's already electric and water and we wouldn't...
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    Considering part of my house for a coop?? (PIX ADDED NOW)

    Quote: Point well taken Thanks for the info.
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    Considering part of my house for a coop?? (PIX ADDED NOW)

    Quote: Seachick is the one with the coop in her garage. You can see it here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=1766-Our_Garage_Coop Thanks Anny!!! WOW Seachick! Thanks for the inspiration -- that's exactly what I was thinking!!!
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    Considering part of my house for a coop?? (PIX ADDED NOW)

    Here are some pix... This is the corner of the house (formerly the barn part). The west side is the wall the door is on (note the bright setting sun). Those windows are the pantry, which stays pretty well closed up. I'd put in a couple windows and a hole for them to get out into a permanent...
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    Considering part of my house for a coop?? (PIX ADDED NOW)

    Quote: We need a permit from zoning to have chickens in any case. Devaluing the property wouldnt be bad -- we have really high property taxes here! My DH is a selectman in our town, so following the rules is probably a good idea And yeah - we have two cats... really good hunters, too.
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    Considering part of my house for a coop?? (PIX ADDED NOW)

    Quote: Whatever we end up doing, there will be no roosters:P
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    Considering part of my house for a coop?? (PIX ADDED NOW)

    Quote: Thanks for the input Your place looks like so much fun. The walls and ceiling would be insulated and finished with plywood and I'm thinking some sort of impervious cover over that (linoleum?). It would have an exterior-type door with a window in it. We would walk out of the kitchen's...
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    Considering part of my house for a coop?? (PIX ADDED NOW)

    Quote: Thanks horsegirl! Your house is beautiful and your horses are adorable, btw
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    Considering part of my house for a coop?? (PIX ADDED NOW)

    Hi everyone, Glad I found this forum! We are considering locations for a coop for maybe 6 to 8 hens (no roosters). We are in the northeast with very cold winters. Our house is of the "big house, little house, back house, barn" variety -- the old connected farm houses of New England. The "barn"...
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