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    Nesting box advise

    You might consider making them more narrow. My current boxes are about 16" wide and I believe that they are two wide. I will have two chickens in one box continually fighting over the box and the result has been some broken eggs. In the new coop that I am currently building I am making the nest...
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    Comment by 'osagechickens' in article 'Lake Norman Coop De Ville'

    You did not build a chicken coop, you have created a chicken paradise. What a beautiful setting. Love everything about your set up. Thanks so much for sharing with us
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    Comment by 'osagechickens' in article 'Chicken Coop 8'

    That is a very cool coop. Well thought out and the color scheme is really good also. Very well done. Mark
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    The Run thread

    Here is a picture of my run when I built the coop. It looks a little different having now gone through the winter. It is a little muddier now, but not too bad. It currently is wrapped 3 sides with clear reinforced tarps and the top has a tarp covering as well. I also added some old silo blocks...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    They are averaging 60 eggs a week. I average between 8 - 10 eggs a day. They are very consistant in their laying. I got 10 eggs today. I created a fairly detailed spread sheet to track the progress. They layed 101 in the month of December, 253 in January, and have layed 209 so far for February.I...
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    my coop

    Here are some additional pictures from where the chicks arrived in the mail from ideal poultry, healthy and doing well. The one picture shows my daughter helping me put them in the coop and then the rest are of the girls as they grew and entered the outside world. The picture of the outside view...
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