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    I've got a few questions...

    We did the math and the interior of our coup is 31.3 square feet of space. Our run is harder to measure as it's not quite square.... It's a chain link dog kennel. Chad thinks it's about 14 foot by 14 foot-ish. Our one try with a rooster was a disaster. Besides procreation, what does a rooster...
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    I've got a few questions...

    Profile edited. We are in North Idaho. I'll have to measure the coup today when I've got time, but I think when we built it, we built it for 12 with a little extra room. 6 of the 20 chicks are Sea Bright Bantams, and I've definately got one rooster. I over bought this year as I've been...
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    I've got a few questions...

    No window. It's on our to do list for this spring. We have gaps in the roof to wall edges for ventilation. We were thinking of adding something like floor vents to the front and back for better ventilation that we could control...so maybe we should make that a definite to do. Hay or straw is...
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    I've got a few questions...

    Barn picture is where they have been roosting since Jeffrey tried to kill Chicken Nugget and Criss Cross Apple Sauce. Last picture is where growing chicks are. They were sleeping.
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    I've got a few questions...

    Hope these load!
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    I've got a few questions...

    If i remember right, the suspected rooster is an Asain Black. I got him at tractor supply on a whim. He looks a lot like a barred rock.
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    I've got a few questions...

    I'll try and keep this short! I have 3 adult hens who have abandoned their coup after the rooster I had decided he didnt like them. He chose one hen and drove the rest off. He was sent onto the big coup in the sky. None of the exiled hens will return to the coup. His girlfriend was snatched...
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