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    Planning a solid coop and run for winter in Minnesota

    We're in MN too, Twin Cities. Just researching to start our coop design as well. I've seen tons of replies in other sources from Minnesotan's that don't use any sort of insulation in their coops and no heat lamp, just a heat source to keep the water from feeding. Ventilation to keep the...
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    To insulate, or not to insulate.... Coop in zone 4b, Twin Cities, Minnesota

    We're getting ready to build a coop for some backyard, suburban chickens. It will be a raised coop (2'6" off the ground), 4' wide x 8' long, to house 6 hens. It's going in the only semishaded part of our yard that's far enough from our property line (city ordances). It'll be right next to the...
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    Building on a concrete slab: Raised coop or Not?

    So here's the area we're working with. It's right behind our garage. (Figured we'd use the far 4-6' of the slab). We figured it'd be the part of our yard that gets the most shade in summer, and protected from wind and snow in winter, we're in MN. I'm leaning towards the coop extending to the...
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    Building on a concrete slab: Raised coop or Not?

    We have a concrete slab behind our garage that we're planning to build our chicken coop on. We're in the suburbs and can only have 6 chickens, so we're building a 4' wide by 7-8' deep (6'tall) coop. We were initially thinking of building a raised coop (18" space under) to give our chickens...
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