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New to the community. After research, I designed a coop and am in the final stages of building my own Chicken coop with a run. The coop is 4x8, real easy because that is the size of a typical sheet of plywood! ;-) Used 3/4 plywood for the floor. The walls are 2x2 in a lento design...
Yes, probably too many nest boxes but I am building for a larger flock. At 4x8 I can have up to 8 chickens in it, I am starting off with 4. Planning for the future! ;-)
The advice from everyone has been great, love the automatic door opener. Any other advice is always welcome, I just...
Thank you...mine is tall enough for chickens to walk around, just not humans! ;-)
I have it such that one side, the none nesting side, can be opened up along the wall to be cleaned out. The nesting boxes can be opened from the top. I started it yesterday, building the bottom portion (Legs...
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Building my first coop. It is a simple 4x8 floor plan with 4' high walls on one side coming down to a 3' high wall on the other and then it will have 4 nesting boxes located on the 3' high wall. Question, how high do I make the roosts off the floor? Will making it out of a 2x2 be ok...
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I am purchasing 4 chickens, coop will be 4x8 and run 15x35. I live just on the edge of town on 1.75 acres with 1 acre being a 30+ tree orchard. No really 'country' property and not the Burbs if you know what I mean. I have another 10+ fruit trees around the property. I have several...
Ummm...with kids I don't think it would be too good to loose a chicken! Could be traumatic for them to loose a chicken. I'll probably keep them in the chicken yard for a while.
The whole reason behind the mixed flock, so the kids can name their chicken and tell them apart. We live slightly off a busy road, so them getting out will be an issue. How about cropping the feathers, I watched a video on youtube and it seemed pretty straight forward and easy. Just have to...
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Great site. After A LOT of research and talking it over with the kids, we are going to build our own chicken coop and get 4 egg laying chickens. My kids are 11, 9, 6, 3 and 6 months old. 1 chicken for each kid and in a couple years we'll get another chicken for the youngest when he...
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I am working on building a new coop, after doing some research on the site here I have a designed picked out and the kids and I will begin building soon. The 'yard' will be 15x35 and the coop will be 4x8 with 5 nests (future growth), located inside the 'yard'. We are getting 4...