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    Just sharing my coop idea

    You do not want open vents around the bottom of the coop because of drafts. You might consider having a full access door within a door (I do and it's wonderful). It's a frame that's hardware clothed that has a separately hinged solid door within the frame. In the warm months, the solid door...
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    Thoughts on pallet coop ideas

    Okay, so here's my opinion. DO NOT use pallets. They are rough and your chickens could get injured. The exception to this is if you use them as exterior siding over sheeting. You definitely need framing - I used 2" x 3". I also put 1/2" foam board as insulation. My interiors are particle...
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    I want to incorporate a poop board (shelf) into my coop

    If you choose to make a poop board, I'd line it with vinyl flooring just like the floor of my coop. It's the vinyl flooring on the roll at Home Depot. I also run it a foot up the walls. I use the deep litter method and only clean the coop 2x/year. Make sure to NOT use cedar. It's bad for...
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    What material should I use on top of the plywood floor of my chicken coop?

    Just go to a big box store such as Home Depot and get some vinyl flooring off a roll. I ran it a foot up the sides of my coop. It didn't cost much, and is easy to clean.
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    What age should I get?

    FWIW, do not raise baby chicks in the house for any reason. The amount of disgusting dust that will take forever to clean is awful. Raise them right in the coop in a box or in the garage or in a shed. Do not use a heat lamp and, instead, get a radiant heat plate. It's a little more pricey...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I looked at my weeds and decided they could stay another day.
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    What's you plan for 2024 chicks!

    I got a white crested black Polish, a buff Silkie, a blue/black Silkie, and a white frizzled bantam Cochin. I also got a gold-laced Polish, but he turned out to be a roo and went to a farm. It's too early to tell on the Silkies and Cochin (who appears to be very smooth and not frizzled, but...
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    Name 3 Things You Did Or Will Do Today

    I slept in, fed the cats, and went online! (I also did a bunch of other things, but you asked for 3!)
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    Turning Storage building into Coop--surrounding fence/net suggestions?

    If you're making your own and using 5 gallon buckets, I think you'd need 4 buckets because you could only get 4 tubes in each. If you're making them out of a tote, it would depend on the size of the tote, but you could probably put 6-8 tubes in them thereby needing less of them. Not to burst...
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    Turning Storage building into Coop--surrounding fence/net suggestions?

    Definitely block off the bottom because it's not really tall enough for chicken use but it's definitely attractive for rodents to nest. I'd put a cheap vinyl flooring inside to make it easier to clean out. The door being open and having the screen door is great for ventilation in the summer...
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    Bush beans and pole beans question?

    I use a cattle panel bent over two raised beds. Each side is inserted about 5" in from the sides. In that 5" space I grow bush beans and on the cattle panel trellis I grow pole beans. I walk under the trellis to pick both varieties of beans. What I don't eat fresh, I blanch and freeze for...
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    Help please! Need advise. Thank you ahead of time.

    More than likely when you got the first gas there was air in the tank making the pump think the tank was full when it really wasn't. This can happen sometimes due to air pressure and air temperatures. Then when you went driving, the gas sloshed around and the air bubble dissipated causing the...
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    I remember landline phones, phone booths that cost 10 cents to make a call, drive-in movies, chalk boards, school clothes vs. play clothes, gas was 29.9 (I was a kid at the time), postage was 5 cents, and the list goes on.
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    Hen struggling to walk

    I would consider giving her a warm epsom salt partial soak, dry her off, give her vitamins and ISOLATE her in quarantine in case she is ill. Check her for scaly leg mites. If she appears to have that condition, dip her legs in vegetable oil to help smother them.
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    Help bluebell has trouble walking

    You need to treat the scaly leg mites right away. Grab some vegetable oil out of the cupboard and put it in a container. Dip the bird's legs in it and even massage it in. You can also use pharmaceutical mineral oil (NOT THE STUFF FROM THE PAINT DEPARTMENT). Scaly leg mites can cause...
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