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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    About 2 weeks ago my chickens started pulling the hay out of their nesting boxes, each time I put some back in the next day it is on the floor. I had about 5 inches of pine shavings on the floor to begin with, now with all the hay it is getting deep. Any suggestions on what to put in the...
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    Humidity Level

    Thanks Mac, our winters are usually a dry cold. Elmo's comment about having two devices makes a lot of sense. Thanks..
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    Humidity Level

    Thank you for the information and link. I have a 3'x5' window in the coop that opens from the top and bottom. Currently I have it opened at the top and hope that will be fine. Thanks again.
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    Humidity Level

    What is considered a high humidity level in the coop? I picked up a weather station with a remote for the coop and this morning it reads 34 degrees and 48 percent humidity. Is this OK???
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    After much research....

    We had a very rainy and cool summer. It has been in the low 50s during the day and the leaves are dropping fast; we don't have much of a fall here.
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    After much research....

    The girls are doing great in their coop and run. Starting to get cold here, was 33 this morning! I have an electrician coming Monday to connect everything for me and then we are just about done. Finishing touches will have to come in the spring. I picked up the chicks on April 18th, a week...
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    New coop 2 years in the making....

    Very nice job and lots of room, love the pictures.
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    After much research....

    After taking a little time off from the construction we got moving again on it this past weekend. Some of the things left to do: Put metal roof on, put window in, trim work, install gate on the run, put a lid on the nesting boxes and connect the electrical outlets. Hopefully it will be...
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    chicken coop

    I love your design, great work!!!
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    After much research....

    Thank you. After talking with a few people here in Alaska it was suggested by everyone to insulate the floor. I had a lot of material left over from a renovation last year so I put it to good use. Hopefully I can get the walls insulated and OSB up inside this weekend as well as complete the...
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    After much research....

    Thanks for the comments. The coop is 8' x 10' and will house our 8 hens. There will be a section 4' x 8' just inside the doorway for feed and the door to the nesting boxes.
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    After much research....

    After spending a month researching posts and pictures on this wonderful site I began building our first coop. I would like to thank everyone for all the great information that has been posted; it made it much easier to plan this whole process. I do have to mention mags2009 and thank you for...
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    We finished!!

    Awsome job, very well done. In the process of finishing mine up and hope it looks as good as yours when I am done!
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