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    CarPort Coop ?

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    Carport Chicken Coop

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    Deep litter method

    I started out with sand in the coop and run too, this is my first year. The summer was great! I did switch to dirt in the run. I had no problem with extra moisture or smell. It is now the fall (nov) and I'm finding there is a moisture residual that I did not notice before and a bit of a...
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    Best Automatic Chicken Door Openers???

    How does it work in extreme temps?? Like the cold???
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    Best Automatic Chicken Door Openers???

    they are expensive yes?
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    What are hawks afraid of?

    Now THAT makes sense!!!
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    What are hawks afraid of?

    How do I get some mocking birds :D Our run is covered with a roof and the sides are hard wire cloth. The run is 8x12 for 10 hens. I plan on expanding next year to double that and adding 5-6 more girls. I think the hawks got their beaks or talons through the hard wire cloth and the girls...
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    What are hawks afraid of?

    There were two Red Tail hawks perched in my yard yest. My boys said they were trying to get in to the run! Fortunately my boys scarred them off but they remained watchful for a while. All of my girls were huddled together under the coop. These hawks were about 2 feet tall, not including...
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    My Coop De Ville

    I'll try to get a few more today.
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    I have two new chicks and I'm not sure which is which? Either a Blue Orpington or a Marans?

    ty!! I tried but still confused lol
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    I have two new chicks and I'm not sure which is which? Either a Blue Orpington or a Marans?

    hmm
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    My Coop De Ville

    Thank you, I had fun building it. I am already planning on extending my run either in the fall or in the spring.
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    My Coop De Ville

    The nesting boxes-there are 3. The front with door for cleaning and window :D. The roosting poles. I put chicken wire behind to catch droppings that will fall to sand for easy cleaning. I also may elevate and put under them a chicken hosp./brooder/broody breaker area. Cleaning...
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    I have two new chicks and I'm not sure which is which? Either a Blue Orpington or a Marans?

    This is the other girl :D She's all black on top, dark shanks..I think she is the Marans?
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    I have two new chicks and I'm not sure which is which? Either a Blue Orpington or a Marans?

    This gal has a white spot on her head and the next tread is my gal who does not.
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