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  1. The Bakers Dozen Chicken Coop

    The Bakers Dozen Chicken Coop

    The Baker's Dozen So one day my wife tells me the feed store has baby chickens and wouldn't it be wonderful to raise our own chickens. I gave her that look, you know the one that could pierce concrete, and remind her that we know nothing about raising chickens. She suggests that perhaps we...
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    The Baker's Dozen... Our Chicken Coop... tell us what you think.

    Ok... so lay it on me. What to do about the chicken wire. I knew I would miss something. We do have many racoons around here though my dogs usually keep them off of our property. We used to have them in our trash and such but since we got a big ole lab they tend to keep far away. The flip...
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    The Baker's Dozen... Our Chicken Coop... tell us what you think.

    Quote: We don't get very harsh winters here, though last year was definately an exception. Worse case the water will go into the house where it is already insulated from the cold. Just getting it out of the direct eliments will help. I would prefer it to not be in the house as I don't wan't...
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    The Baker's Dozen... Our Chicken Coop... tell us what you think.

    Quote: The boards were purchased from Habitat for Humanity, they were seven foot long, 3" wide, and 3/4" thick and only 50 cents per board. I ran one edge against my router to cut a groove along the entire edge. If you looked at the board on end it would look like a U was cut into the 3/4"...
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    The Baker's Dozen... Our Chicken Coop... tell us what you think.

    Thank you for the very nice comments. We could not have done all this work without all the great help from everyone that reads and posts to backyardchickens.com I have told several people I know that are either raising chickens or are thinking about it to check out the forumn. It may sound...
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    The Baker's Dozen... Our Chicken Coop... tell us what you think.

    Check out this page of a man with 13 chicks. Ok, well a family with 13 chicks. Oh... this is why they threw tomato's at me... Yea, free food for the chickens. While I work on my comedy routine how about if you take a gander at our chicken coop. Come on in and lend a hand at The Baker's...
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    Coop Design Contest - Win $20 BYC Gift Certificate •• ENDS 9/15

    Check out this page of a man with 13 chicks. Ok, well a family with 13 chicks. Oh... this is why they threw tomato's at me... Yea, free food for the chickens. While I work on my comedy routine how about if you take a gander at our chicken coop. Come on in and lend a hand at The Baker's...
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