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    Coop design in barn

    There is wildlife netting up there, just hard to see in the photo.
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    Coop design in barn

    Yep! 7/16" OSB went up in price three times during this project. I bought it at $26, $28, and now $32 last week! Out homestead was clean when we bought it, no scraps to use anywhere lol. Pros and cons..
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    Coop design in barn

    Got it done! I used exterior plywood ($54/sheet!) for the floor but decided to leave that as is instead of covering it further. Chicks are 6 weeks and forecasted temps are 50s/30s so i think it’s good to move them in? I did expand to 12x16’ so I didn’t have as many cuts. Nesting boxes will...
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    Coop design in barn

    Being in Wisconsin we can have long winters. I plan to build a run which they will have a door to. What is a pop door?? A few people mention it and i didn’t plan one. We are down to 21 birds and no roosters. ( furnace in garage failed this weekend). We just placed a new order for 13 Easter...
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    Coop design in barn

    Never thought about the smell getting stuck. We were going to use sand as litter. i know that still needs to get replaced once in a while. How do i keep plywood from rotting underneath? @aart we are in central Wisconsin nearest grocery store is about 7 miles away. All farm and forest...
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    Coop design in barn

    Hi all, We plan to have as many as 35 laying hens and 1-4 roosters. We have a 30x32 unheated half of an outbuilding with a gravel floor. We are planning on using it for chickens and eventually goats. Here is the design I've come up with so far. It is set in the North-West corner (West is...
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    Garage heat failed tonight

    Well, it held to 78 this morning in the outer edge of the light. Not sure the ambient temp yet, but would guess around 10 or 15F. They seem happy and are behaving like @TheAlrightyGina said would be good. We have been fighting pasty butt and the feathering has been slow like @abpatchy said...
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    Garage heat failed tonight

    That helps! I am terribly nervous having lost a third of the flock at the start. They seem happy. Why do i read that they need to be 95-105 the first week, then go down 5 degrees each week? Is that just directly under the lamp? There are 21 chicks in the brooder.
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    Garage heat failed tonight

    I meant not attached to the house.
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    Garage heat failed tonight

    I am brooding my chicks in a heated outbuilding not attached to the garage. I noticed tonight that the temp under the heat lamps was 79F (starting week 2) when it was in the 90’s earlier today. Found out the furnace stopped working. It’sa fuel oil furnace and the thing that talks to the...
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    Greetings from Central Wisconsin

    Hello, and WOW are there a lot of new introductions! We bought our 3.3 acre homestead in October here near the center of the northern Hemisphere. Just got our first batch of 33 baby chicks last Thursday as the snow storm was starting. We bought a variety of chicks for a rainbow of egg colors...
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