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    Thank you BlueBaby!

    Thank you BlueBaby!
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    Thanks Yorkshire Coop! :)

    Thanks Yorkshire Coop! :)
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    Thanks TwoCrows! :) It was awesome!

    Thanks TwoCrows! :) It was awesome!
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    Thank you KikisGirls!

    Thank you KikisGirls!
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    Thank you Wickedchicken6! :)

    Thank you Wickedchicken6! :)
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    Aww thank you TelfTheElf! :)

    Aww thank you TelfTheElf! :)
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    Maine

    Yikes combatfuzzball!1 that is awful! I've warned my neighbors last year about me getting chickens. I'll be reminding them this coming winter again before I get any chicks. I hear ya about the garden beds, I've been busy working on them too here. I will be so glad when I finally get the coop...
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    Maine

    LOL LOL! Sounds like a good broody mama! Which breeds do you have the most success with?
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    Maine

    OH that is awesome lazy gardener! Congrats!!! And nice about the corn too, I want to grow that next year. :) Sounds like you have a great veg garden going! :) I got my pumpkins planted, watermelon (probably too late), and cukes. My blueberry high bushes, one of them has blueberries on it...
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    Maine

    That sounds good Hoopy! This other spot, to the left of that birch tree and back is where I am thinking now for the coop. This whole area is where my formal garden is to go, mostly flowers but I was planning to have chicken tunnels and paths all winding throughout. (My weird vision LOL) but yea...
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    Maine

    I think you are right lazy gardener about the water in the coop. I would rather they had access to water at all times than not. Awww about your broody hens! What kind are they? Ok, thinking of everything you all have said, I watched that spot I had thought was going to be the perfect place and...
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    Maine

    Oohhh thanks Hoopy! I love that waterer! I would think that wouldn't cause frost bite. And yea, my dad had those self watering containers and I remember the chickens back then always-always knocked them over and I had to go out and refill them. That waterer looks better than the ones with the...
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    Maine

    Hey there Hoopy! Yea, I have gotten that from nearly everyone, more ventilation. I wasn't going to heat the coop, tho' everyone I know is shocked to hear that for Maine. LOL But read a nice article I found on chickens in winter. I read somewhere also that someone pulls up their water at night...
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    Maine

    Oh awesome interview! I see the 10 x 12 coop! Nice. :) Thanks!
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    Maine

    Ahhh I see, thanks! Reading on that now...interesting! I was thinking of insulating but hmmm
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