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    Converting a 12x12 Lean-Lo to Chicken Coop

    I'll let you know how things work out when we move them in. If all goes well I'll probably share the plans since they may be useful to someone else and I didn't find this layout (1x4) anywhere else.
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    Converting a 12x12 Lean-Lo to Chicken Coop

    I've got plastic nest mats yet to install.
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    Converting a 12x12 Lean-Lo to Chicken Coop

    Nest entry ended up about 27in above ground. Planned it to be somewhat lower but didn't account for the front lip of my box. Too high without a step? Also, it's not fixed in place yet. going to redo the hinge and door again so it can stay in the open position. Another oversight.
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    Converting a 12x12 Lean-Lo to Chicken Coop

    Some progress. Have added doors: Need to build up a brick threshold below yet. Have build one of two nesting boxes. Design inspired by @Opa https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/new-rollout-nest-design-picture-heavy-edited-1-21.287684/ You can see an oversight in my design which is that...
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    Converting a 12x12 Lean-Lo to Chicken Coop

    Doorway faces West, roughly. I will put doors up with hardware cloth, then cover them for the winter. I have been told by friends around here that I don't need to worry about insulating the building. You don't think ladder roosts present problems with pecking order/aggression/crowding?
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    Converting a 12x12 Lean-Lo to Chicken Coop

    Hello all. First thread here. My family moved to more rural SE Michigan last year and we've got about 15 hens ready to start laying soon, and another 15 chicks so it's time to build the coop. Currently they're in the chicken tractor we used for meat birds in the spring overnight and free...
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    SE Michigan Noobie

    Moved my family from the city to a bit of land last year. New to a lot of this but diving in. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We did one round of meat birds in a mobile chicken tractor this spring. Will probably do that again after our hens graduate from the...
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