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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Aart, no doubt about the clamp. I knew it would be weak when I ordered it (they always are). Will be working on some way to secure it the next few days, but thanks for the heads-up. About that mesh top...nah, I can't wait until the chicks can get out...we have cats! Yikes! Day One I'll have...
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    The brooder is prepped 2 weeks ahead of a May 4th arrival of 15 day old chicks. After hemming and hawing over what I was going to use as a brooder, I SO LUCKED OUT! I was returning a few things to Lowes and sitting there in the Customer Service/Returns area was an empty box from a hot water...
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    How Tall Should My Wall Studs Be?

    PapaChaz, thanks for the info. BTW, I owe you a pic of my foundation. Foundation is in place but got rained out yesterday so I still need to lay the floor boards. Thanks for your input on my other post. Coop's coming along fine. Hoping you're available for further questions as I move on to...
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    How Tall Should My Wall Studs Be?

    This is more of a construction question than a chicken question. I have no building skills other than what I have been able to glean from YouTube, etc. I am building an 8'x10' chicken coop. It will have a slant roof, from 8' down to 6'. I have a basic building question... Let's take my...
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    How Sturdy Does This Coop Need To Be? C'mon! They Only Weigh 6 Pounds!

    Papa Chaz, "deck blocks too", because I didn't know any better. After starting this post, I did more reading, and finally ditched the 4x4 skids. The things I had read said I can do it this way, or I can do it that way...but at first reading, I thought they were saying I have to have both. I...
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    How Sturdy Does This Coop Need To Be? C'mon! They Only Weigh 6 Pounds!

    I guess it does all add up, right? The bigger and sturdier the foundation, the bigger and sturdier I can build up from it. This whole building thing was supposed to be a learning adventure for me anyway. Might as well do it right. I need to stop second-guessing.
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    How Sturdy Does This Coop Need To Be? C'mon! They Only Weigh 6 Pounds!

    I appreciate any help I can get on this subject. I'm building an 8x10, slant-roof coop on level ground. Before starting, I didn't have a clue about construction. After spending hours on YouTube and various other places, I think I can build a very nice chicken coop all by myself. I bought...
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    End Of Life Issues -

    Yeow! All of your posts are very helpful. Keep them coming.
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    End Of Life Issues -

    To Tcstoehr & Pdirt, sounds like you both had this thought out ahead of time. A 5-year plan?! Ha! Sounds funny to put it that way. Let me jot some notes and submit it to the committee for approval! I get your point though.
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    End Of Life Issues -

    So after reading, listening, and watching everything regarding keeping backyard chickens in prep for my own flock, a number of times I've come across the topic of end of life issues regarding chickens. There seems to be a bandwagon of critics anxious to indict "hipsters" for starting a flock of...
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    Where to Start?!

    Start with the coop. Here is a nice synopsis on the coop & run requirements: NaturalChickenKeeping.blogspot/2013/04/how-much-coop-and-run-space-do-i-need.html . Get that out of the way & the rest will fall into place.
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    How Should I Orient The Features Of The Coop? (North, East, South, West)

    Great! Thanks for the input.
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    How Should I Orient The Features Of The Coop? (North, East, South, West)

    Newbie chicken pimp here looking for some advice. Is there a preferred placement of the inside features of the chicken coop? For instance, I figured since the birds will be roosting for 8 hour or so over night, I'll put their roosts against the South wall as our prevailing winds blow from the...
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    Newbie here, no clue where to start... Mom wants to build a coop with water bottles???

    This is very doable and fits with the sustainability/localvore/grow-your-own idea behind backyard chickens. I have seen a number of bottle buildings on YouTube and though I didn't do an exhaustive search just now, here is one vid on using bottles to build a greenhouse and another plastic...
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    Delaware...

    Hello from Dover, DE. First time chicken pimp...15 assorted chicks arriving on May 4th. Gotta get busy building that coop!
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