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    Very cold climate

    We have cold snowy winters too, though perhaps not *as* cold snowy as yours if you're in the U.P. I would never contemplate giving my chickens less than 10 sq ft apiece indoors (plus roofed, 3-1/2-sides windblocked run) and even that's tight, bigger is better (most of mine get 15+ sq ft apiece...
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    Metal Roof Panels Question

    Ribs running down the slope is indeed the correct and only useful way to install them. (Otherwise the roof leaks and is not as strong). If you are concerned about dripping back under the high edge -- although IME this is minimal unless you have a very high roof pitch or get large or icy snow...
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    ventilation... what to use for roof ventilation?

    For a small coop like that, in a cold winter area, the best way IMO to ventilate it is into a roofed-and-mostly-windblocked run. I realize you don't at the moment have such a thing, but perhaps it'd be worth building one, even a small one, which will also help increase usable outdoor space for...
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    Horse experts: Critique this mare? Pretty Please?

    To clarify, my "not excessively athletically constructed" comment was pretty much just reflecting that she is significantly straight behind, with a short femur and straight (open) hock angle. Not that I would expect that to matter one bit for the o.p.'s purposes. As for the rest, what I'd...
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    Horse experts: Critique this mare? Pretty Please?

    Basically, all that pic really reveals is that the animal in question is a bay female horse, not excessively athletically constructed but who cares. What matters to you is not, generally, the things that can be discerned from photographs (although some general guesses about soundness, both...
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    Need to find a boarding stable (Update)

    It would help to edit this thread title to put your location in -- that way it may catch the eye of someone who's not otherwise highly interested in the subject, also it will clue readers in to your wanting geographic-specific info rather than general advice. As far as general advice goes <g>...
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    Questions about Gelding 7 yr old Mini Stallions

    If they were behavin' their little selves, as Redcatcher's stallion apparently does, I'd say leave them be. But given that they appear to have difficulties with self-control and attention span, and are apparently a bit hard to handle, I'd for sure have them gelded. It WILL help them settle down...
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    getting a used fish tank, do I need to cycle?

    Are amphiumas sold in the pet trade? Also, if it were an amphiuma, my experience with keeping them temporarily in tubs overnight before release would suggest that there would probably no longer be 2 zebra danios in the tank with it after all this time LOL Just dyin' to know what a "frog/eel...
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    getting a used fish tank, do I need to cycle?

    The valuable N-converting bacteria are all over all the surfaces in the tank, not just in the filter. So, take the old gravel too, if you can (in a separate bucket, NOT in the tank -- trying to move tanks with gravel in them, especially larger tanks, is a good recipe for leaking tanks and floor...
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    Can I use coal or DE to worm my goats and sheep???

    If you want something "alternative" for goats and sheep, I would not recommend those things, I would recommend reading up on the various herbal-based dewormers on the market. At least one or two of them have been tested in university research studies and found to be of some use. You gotta be...
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    kerosene in soil around coop- UPDATE- Really need some help now :(

    Oy. I hope neither you nor anyone living near you has a shallow well, nor a deep one with an imperfect casing But, here you are now, can't change the past. Quite honestly, IMO the best solution would probably be to hire someone with a bobcat, or tractor with blade on the front, or one of...
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    used bricks as a floor for ground level coop

    You would need to lay them as if laying a paver patio -- level the ground beneath them, then put in a good thickness of screenings (making sure that finished height, with bricks, will be slightly ABOVE surrounding ground level, especially important in a coop) and tamp the dampened screenings...
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    Tuftex panels

    Quote: Warning, those are pvc NOT polycarbonate. I will betcha if you look at the fine print they carry no hail warranty and are warranted for other things for only a few (like 5-ish) years. You can use them of course. Just don't expect them to hold up well. The polycarbonate really is a LOT...
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    Tuftex panels

    It depends on WHICH Tuftex-brand product you've bought. If it is the pvc (may just say 'vinyl') or 'seacoaster' panels, which are the cheaper ones, then it will not hold up well over time (in particular, hail will shatter it and after a coupla years I wouldn't expect it to withstand much wind)...
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    Can you help with the brainstorming please?

    The main, and probably more expensive, thing is to fence in an adequate predatorproof area for them. Shelter is not a big deal. Between pallets and scrap plywood you might even able to knock together a little lean-to hut for them for free. But you'd want it in a large-enough fenced-enough run...
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