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    I need nesting box and perch help!

    Thanks so much for all the suggestions everyone! I think this weekend I'll go out at night and move them to the roosts. I'll take down the shelves maybe on Monday and put them back up with the next boxes on them. The roosts are next to where I'm standing for the picture, about 8 feet away from...
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    I need nesting box and perch help!

    Thanks. The nesting boxes I bought have open tops so I'm not worried about them sitting on top or anything. Will they figure out that that's where they should go to lay their eggs once it's time for that? My older hens are about five months old now so I'm not sure when to unblock the nest boxes...
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    I need nesting box and perch help!

    So I made the mistake of leaving the shelves I intended to put the nesting boxes on without the nest boxes for too long (my one year old has not been giving me the time I need to finish the coop haha.) I thought that since my chickens were babies they wouldn't jump high enough to perch on the...
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    Roost bar and layer box questions!

    Thank you for explaining that :) I'll be doing 2x4's for the roosts. I wish I could do deep litter but I'm such a clean freak; I know it would make me crazy haha. I was hoping to do sand but I'm having a hard time locating it anywhere close to me. Chicken coop in the making!
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    Roost bar and layer box questions!

    Thanks ECBW and Henless! We did 1x2's with our last chickens a few years ago and they seemed fine. I was thinking that chickens in the wild would have roosted in trees so it would make sense to have round roost polls lol. Is the idea of having the flat surface to keep their feet warmer in...
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    Roost bar and layer box questions!

    Most of my chickens are bantams but I also have some turkens and Rhode Island red's. I guess I'll be returning to the hardware store again lol. Thank you! Will my bantams need something smaller or will they also be ok on the 2x4's?
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    Roost bar and layer box questions!

    I'm in the final stages of designing my coop and I have a dumb question, round or square roosts?! I bought some 3/4" round dowl for my roosts but looking around it seems like everyone is using 2x4's. My chicks are a few weeks old and love the bamboo roosts I built for them but should I use...
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