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    Keep rain out of ventilation holes?

    https://www.homedepot.com/p/GUTTERSTUFF-Original-4-ft-Foam-Filter-Plastic-Gutter-Guard-for-5-in-K-Style-8-Pack-GS10957/206851179 if this link doesn't work, it's called "foam filter plastic gutter guard" gutterstuff is the brand name for it. can find it at most home improvement stores i'd...
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    Keep rain out of ventilation holes?

    depending on size of ventilation openings, I used gutter fill under ridge trim across entire length, left maybe 2" gap between sides, and used it between rafters under eve, only time rain gets thru those is if it is super windy too, which is is sometimes, but just a couple drops max from ridge...
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    Automatic door opener

    hoping this isn't too late of a post, but I recently built a coop with and automatic door, and I used a linear actuator with a timer relay, not sure what the cost comparison would be of the "pre-made" doors vs what i made, but it works very well with my set-up, 14" stroke, I select how many...
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    hello

    thanks! Roosters- mork is about 3/4, binks is about 6, rocky is 2, and muttonchops the biggest (who is binks' father and some of the hen's fathers) is getting close to 9 cross b/t americana and brahma i was speculating...pretty man! and i will, i'm on my 3rd coop build and made frame out of...
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    hello

    they are handleing them haha, one rooster is a bantam so some of the hens are above him on the totem pole (but holds his own with the other roosters), and one of the boys is an old man now, getting close to 9 and you can tell, so we keep him seperated, and another roo is starting to age, but he...
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    hello

    Hi everyone- 1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? when i was young we had a couple and then i got a couple again about 8 years ago (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4 roos, 14 hens (3) What breeds do you have? some i hatched from a white leghorn crossed with...
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