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    My first coop!! For $35

    I've been reading these forums for months while trying to coax my husband into building me a chicken coop, and it finally happened! It took much longer than I thought it would. But that is mainly because all of our wood was scrape pieces given to me from my job. So we had to work with varying...
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    How many chickens 4x8 coop, 32ft run

    We are designing our first coop. We were thinking to save pennies and to keep things simple we'd build a 4x8 coop and this will be placed next to our shed that is 32' long so we'd just fence off the length of the shed. I've been looking around and that seems to be a very large run. What are...
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    Is it to late to buy chicks in Iowa?

    No, I drove up there and apparently the guy over the phone had the wrong date. They won't come in till September. By that point I don't think I want to mess with chicks that late in the year. Fingers crossed I'll already have some by then.
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    Is it to late to buy chicks in Iowa?

    Thank you! I just found out Orschelns is bringing in another Chick delivery tomorrow ( I didn't realize they had deliveries in the Spring AND Fall...yay for me!) So I'll be going over there to check theirs out.
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    Is it to late to buy chicks in Iowa?

    We are just now building our first chicken coop. However I'm concerned it may be to close to the cold months to get chicks. Anyone else from Iowa that can provide their opinion?
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