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  1. Coop Interior

    Coop Interior

    Homestead Coop Interior We have a 10' x 12' shed in which we are housing our coop and a storage area. It is still in progress; we have a few weeks before winter to insulate it and nail up OSB on the walls. Once that is done, we'll hang nest boxes and put in a proper roost. This roost is...
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    I live in an 1851 farmhouse on 10 acres in upstate NY, zone 5, with my partner, our two 3 year old kids, and two great 65 lb dogs. We got day-old chicks in May, and they've just started laying in Sept, right on schedule. We have 17 hens and 1 rooster, a mix of barred Plymouth rocks...
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    Post-hatch, What To Do with broody hen & chicks?

    We'll give it a try. Thanks!
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    Post-hatch, What To Do with broody hen & chicks?

    We had a hen go broody right before we had to kill our sole rooster Big Shot due to unnecessary roughness. The last clutch of def fertile eggs hatched on June 26; four out of seven survived. We have kept our broody hen with the chicks separated from the general population to keep the chicks...
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    Do We Need to Heat an Insulated Coop in Zone 5?

    Thanks, everyone, for your time and thoughts. I somehow hadn't found the ventilation page, so thanks, Kittymomma. (And yes, I have been lurking, trying to not make big enough mistakes that would cause me to have to do anything big over again. I don't mind adapting design as we go, but I was...
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    Do We Need to Heat an Insulated Coop in Zone 5?

    I just created a profile with lots of pictures of our set up. Hopefully you can see it to use as a reference point for my questions. I've been reading conflicting information. We have a 10' x 12' shed in which we house our chickens; 8x10' of it is coop, the remaining 4x10' is storage. Before...
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