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    How tall should my fences be?

    I have 3 Rhode Island Reds currently.
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    How tall should my fences be?

    I'm about to begin sketching out designs for movable fence sections and I need a good idea of how high chickens can fly. Any suggestions would be great.
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    What should I use for siding on my coop???

    I have never done this before so what would you guys recomend for siding on a reatively small coop?
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    Help with run door/Gate, IDEAS Please

    You could have one barrel bolt latch on bottom and one on top to make it sag less. maybe you could even use a combination padlock with the combination painted on the side:)
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    building a chicken fortress

    Thanks. I don't have a known serious rat problem. I've just been reading all these posts where people come home from work to find their chickens dead. And no I'm not just making it out of sheet metal. and from what you said Pat, I'm going to ditch the whole sheet metal idea after all.
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    Can't take care of all these chicks!help!

    Sorry folks for all the confusion. I had a busy week today and I'm very tired and Im very inexpirianced with chickens.
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    Can't take care of all these chicks!help!

    I will stop incubating them right now. Thanks for the advice everyone. Again I am very new at this so thanks for all the helpful advice.
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    Can't take care of all these chicks!help!

    Thanks for your advice. I'm very new at this(VERY) and I accidentaly let a rooster in with the hens. I figure some of the might be fertile. I'll figure out whitch ones. I'm glad I don't have to let the fertile eggs die. I've put all of the eggs into the incubator just in case. Can I...
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    Can't take care of all these chicks!help!

    I can't take care of all the fertile eggs that I have. Should I wait till they hatch and give them away or let them die? Any Advice?
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    building a chicken fortress

    THanks for all your help! What I was going to do for a roof is cut 2 2-4's from corner-to-corner and screw a slightly larger piece of plywood to those pieces. Then put roofing shingles on the plywood. It would have hinges on the left side and latches on the right. To answer you question...
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    building a chicken fortress

    Any ideas? I'm currently drawin up some plans for a small 4' by 10' chicken coop with a slanted roof that has hinges on one side connected to the frame of the coop. It will be 40" inches high so the racoons cannot open it up. The door will open out with a latch on the inside so the...
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