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    The crazy neighbor Coop build in Mid Mo

    $1100-ish so far. $400 for the coop materials and $600 for the run. I'm the crazy neighbor in this story that spent too many $$$'s for chickens. So the wife has been wanting "hens" for awhile. I've been gathering inventory from Craigslist and trying to find time to build this for a couple of...
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    How much did it cost for you to build your own coop?

    I'm almost done with a 4x6 with external nest boxes and it was $400+ just for the coop. I scrounged where I could, used some scraps I already had, but it really does all add up. If I bought everything new it would have been closer to $700. We also have a covered 10x20 run, basically a lean to...
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    Nipple vs. cup waterers and auto fill

    Mine took forever to figure out the cups. They were getting to rowdy at 3 wks and kept knocking over the chick waterer or filling it with debris. I put the cups in at 4 wks and "showed" each one how to use it. No luck after 12 hrs, and I put the quart jar back in when I was gone during the...
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    Flat Tires on my Chicken Tractor

    I've seen solid tires for a 2 wheel hand truck at HF for reasonably cheap. Do some measuring and see if they fit your wheel brackets and swap them out. I can't see with that coop design why you would need swivel casters on the back? Might just be easier to mount some "no flat" wheel barrow...
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    Flat Tires on my Chicken Tractor

    I'm surprised they held air that long :-) The HF tires will hav ethe same issues. Temp swings are hard on those small tires holding air. I'd put some slime in them, and block the coop up when not transporting it, and they'll last much longer. - JP
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