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    My new 10x12 coop build unveiled!!

    Your coop looks great - I would add a few more big windows so the chickens have a lot of light in there. In fact, removable glass for the summer. Of course the windows need to be covered with at least 1/2" hardware cloth. That way, when they are inside, the air is like they are outside and yet...
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    Chicken wire mesh or welded wire fencing ?

    I got started with chickens when my neighbor gave me a hoop coop and 2 hens. He made his hoop coops with PVC covered with the 2x4 wire and chicken wire. He had coops like that for several years, I had mine for just over a year. Nothing ever got through the wire after the chickens. He did loose...
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    New 19 week old pullets - signs of stress/not using roosts?

    Ted, you've got an open air coop! You will have very happy chickens. I built an open air coop a couple years ago. In NH and winters get cold but my hens are happy and thriving. My coop is a bit more simpler than yours. I put glass in the side windows when the weather turns cold and a burlap...
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    Discussion: Where do you put your brooder, and why?

    I never thought of using fine mesh screen. What a great idea! I couldn't imagine having peeps in my living room for 15 weeks. I had mine in my living room for 10 weeks and when I get a new batch, they will not be in the living room beyond 6-8 weeks. After that they get real messy and start to...
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    What's the one thing you wish you had included in your coop?

    Build an open air coop! Google it. Mine is 8x5 - 7' in the front, 5.5' in the back. Front has a huge window that is open year round (I live in NH). I just hang a heavy burlap curtain 1/3 of the way down on the window in the winter. I have 2 side windows that are open spring through fall and...
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    Help with vents for coop

    I built an 8x8 'open air coop' and it's awesome. I live in NH so winters can get pretty cold but the chickens have survived quite well over 2 winters now. The front has a huge window that I hang a heavy burlap curtain over the lower 2/3 to keep out the winds during the winter. I have 2 side...
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    Help with vents for coop

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    Topic of the Week - Feeding Treats

    Every place that I looked for mealworms, they all come from China. That's why I get Grubblies - the black soldier fly larvae. That comes from the USA. They are fed pre-consumer waste and while it's not organic, it's not from China! I have yet to find mealworms not from China but I haven't...
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    Topic of the Week - Feeding Treats

    Does anybody know where to get mealworms that DON'T come from China?
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    Best place to purchase hardware cloth

    I would support my local building supply store and not order something like that from Amazon. Lowe's and Home Depot seem to have the same pricing whenever I check.
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    Topic of the Week - Feeding Treats

    Most dried mealworms come from China. There is a product called Grubblies, black soldier fly larvae, which are from the USA. http://grubblyfarms.com/ . My hens love them.
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    Questions for owners of open air coops

    Thank you. I guess I missed that. Aart, do you have an open air coop?
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    Questions for owners of open air coops

    Aart, thanks for the reply. Well, my 8x8 is nearly done. What I"m confused about is should I leave ventilation at the eves (which would be above the large front windows high point, and the back, low point at the eves. I'm thinking the Woods only has the big windows as ventilation.
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    Questions for owners of open air coops

    Does your hoop coop have any other ventilation other than the open front? What do you have around the hoop part? How big is it? This coop I'm building is turning out to be more than I bargained for.
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    Questions for owners of open air coops

    OOPS - Sorry, somehow this thread when into the wrong forum. Sorry. I don't see an option to delete it.
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