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    our first coop

    My husband just finished our first coop and I've posted pictures at http://gallery.me.com/gweeptrish#100092 since I couldn't get the BYC creation tool to work on Safari. It's 6x10, with the interior portion being 4x6. We built it almost entirely out of scrap we had stored up. We ended up...
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    is there such a thing as too much window in a coop?

    Quote: Southern New Hampshire. It can get below zero for a few days in January, but usually stays between freezing and zero for the winter.
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    is there such a thing as too much window in a coop?

    We're working on the design for our second coop (our first being a jury-rigged dog kennel) and we are planning to use recycled materials as much as possible. We're building a playhouse style coop, with the total size being 6' wide, 6' high and 10' long. The henhouse itself is 6' wide, 3.5'...
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    an electric wire is really all I need?

    I'm getting the impression from this forum that I really don't need to bury skirting around my run if I set electric wire a few inches off the ground, a few inches out from the run. Is that an accurate assessment? I'd love to skip all that digging in our rocky soil and since we're a horse farm...
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    Did I mess up?

    Quote: Would you be willing to share? I really want to build that same system since I saw it on ebay. I figured I'd have to reverse-engineer it myself though. -Trish
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    opinions on coop location?

    Quote: Yeah, proximity to the house is the primary drawback to C, that and the lack of full sun. It's dappled shade, but it's still shade. The site is smack on the middle of 3 oak trees. The advantage to C and the reason it's on the list is that it's a space on the farm we're not already...
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    opinions on coop location?

    Quote: Site B is the cheapest, because it's basically predator-proof already in that it can't be dug under. Site C is the next cheapest, because I don't have to run electricity to it. Site A is the most difficult. No vegetable garden, just a couple of fruit trees. We're a horse farm, so...
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    opinions on coop location?

    Quote: For site B, I was thinking to build an elevated enclosed roost, then the run would be on the concrete with shavings or something. Site A is between two large oaks, one to the east and one to the west. So it gets shade in the morning, sun mid-day, then shade in the afternoon. The...
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    opinions on coop location?

    Hi, I was wondering if I might solicit the opinions of the experts in locating my coop. I'm blessed with an abundance of options, so many that I can't decide which is best for placing the coop. I've never kept chickens before but I've become addicted to farm eggs so now I'm getting chickens...
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