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    Horizontal Rubbermaid shed as coop

    How did this come out? I am planning to do the same & ready to start!
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    Bobcat Advice

    I am interested in solutions as well. We lost a barred rock last Wednesday morning. I had suspected a large hawk as our main run is not covered. Yesterday morning I went outside at 7:30am & found a bobcat chasing our austrolorp around the pen. Me & the dog managed to shoo him out of the pen & it...
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    ADOR1 Automatic Coop Door?

    Looks great, ours is ordered, can't wait for it to get here. Just went out & closed the coop up, so lookimg forward to that happening automatically!!!! LCTX
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    ADOR1 Automatic Coop Door?

    I'm about to order an Ador1. I spoke with the owner / designer (come to find out a neighbor engineer used to work with him) & he provided a lot of good information & answered all of my questions. I like the construction & don't want anything that swings out. I prefer the cog drive over a string...
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    New Chickens - unsure of breed

    We bought 5 laying hens yesterday & the original owner wasn't 100% sure of the breed. Pretty sure 2 of them are Plymouth / Barred Rocks & the black one we believe to be an Austrolorp. Not sure about the brown ones, may be Rhode Island Reds or possibly Sex Links. Hoping via the picture someone...
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    automatic coop door opener

    I saw one on another thread made from an electric retractable car radio antenna. Those can be bought new for ~$35 so one from a salvage yard would only be half that. Think of the antenna coming up when you turn your car on & going back down when you turn it off. Mount the antenna assembly...
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    Has anyone ever slaughtered named birds?

    I can see where that would be hard... but on the lighter side, just name them "dinner". Sooner or later you are eating "dinner"!
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    newbie with a few questions :)

    Hi Brieanneb, we are looking at doing the same thing. We got our chickens today (1 rooster & 4 laying hens, all Rhoade Island Reds) & they came with a small coop but we don't like the design. We have a 6'x12" chain link dog kennel that we have the coop inside of. We intend to build another coop...
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    Gahh! Fire ants and flies!! Help please :|

    I'll have to try DE on the ant mounds, we have a lot of them!!!
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    Howdy from the Texas Gulf Coast!

    Howdy Y'all, looking forward to getting our coop built & getting some chickens. This is something we've wanted to do for a long time & we're getting closer. Look forward to learning all kinds of good info in the forums!
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    Protecting Against Hawks & Eagles

    I plan to use 1/4" hardware cloth for my 4' x 4' x 4' coop. This will be raised 2' off the ground & sitting inside a 6' x 12' chain link dog kennel that will have a tin roof over the top. This will sit inside of a 30' x 30' fenced dog run that has an electric wire around the perimeter with a...
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    dr seuss style egg collecting contraption...

    Quote: I like that idea, I will try that as well. I have some of that foam that is sold in inter-locking puzzle type pieces that is pretty springy, that might work good on the floor for cushion!
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    Odd nest boxes

    I am wanting to build nesting boxes like I've seen on a number of other designs on here that protrude from the outside with a sloped / hinged roof / top that can be opened from the outside for easy robbing. Tractor Supply sells a generic nesting box, it looks like you just cut a square hole in...
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    Dog Kennel to Chicken Coop

    We have a 6' x 12" chain link dog kennel that is 6' tall with no top. It has a full size swing gate on half of one end. We would like to turn this into a chicken coop & are looking for input on some type of cover / roof plus what we need to do to make it more predator proof. I have read some of...
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