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    Extending a run

    This is the type of metal the run is.
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    Extending a run

    How should I try to extend my run? I have a producers pride coop and I want to lengthen the run out. I would use some wood to lengthen the run, but how should I go about attaching wood to the metal frame and making sure there are no holes for predators to get into?
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    Would this coop be big enough for 6 bantams?

    I am going to extend the metal run with wood, do you think that would work? And by extend, I mean make it longer but not wider.
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    Would this coop be big enough for 6 bantams?

    I really do wish I had bought a bigger coop in the first place. I am either going to end up extending the run or buying a smaller coop for 2 of the birds.
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    Would this coop be big enough for 6 bantams?

    I am not free ranging them. They will fly off and have done it before. I 'm probably going to just build a run extension.
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    Would this coop be big enough for 6 bantams?

    It's been over a year at this point I have had 6 birds in that coop. If it really does get worse I'll get a small coop and move a couple birds in it. I do not have the space on my property for a 60 foot run.
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    Would this coop be big enough for 6 bantams?

    I am not going to get any more bantams. I am going to give a flock block (about 20 lbs) and see how that works out for them. I do have large fowl in a bigger coop (about 9 x 5) that I was considering moving into the bantam coop and moving bantams to the larger coop as the large fowl get to free...
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    Would this coop be big enough for 6 bantams?

    They have lots of shavings in the run so they can dust bathe, "forage", etc and its only 2 chickens that are getting the tips of their feathers (not even the full feathers) eaten. They don't rip each others feathers out, they just kind of eat the tips of the feathers on the 2 chickens backs. I...
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    Would this coop be big enough for 6 bantams?

    I currently have 6 bantams (4 OEGB 2 D'Uccle) They never come out of their runs to free range (I have tried it and I have had 1 fly away and a cat got it, so they stay in their run full time) and they are pretty happy and there isn't any bullying or anything, just some feather picking, so I was...
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    Do not have only ONE nest box!

    Yes I understand. I could see some new people taking it as fact.
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    Do not have only ONE nest box!

    I was making a joke by the way, in no way would I ever have more than 5 nesting boxes.
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    First time broody hen - how can I help?

    Please update once chicks hatch!
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    Which Breed of Hen? Thank you in advance!

    She looks kind of like a bielefelder (But not the exact right color - almost diluted) Probably a barnyard mix
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    Do not have only ONE nest box!

    Do not just have one nesting box, even if you only have 2 or 3 chickens. At least one will go broody, take the nesting box and scream at all the other chickens for daring to come in the coop and scare them into laying eggs in the run. I have a coop w/ 3 nesting box and when THAT one OEGB hen...
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    Design

    My AC is in the chicken yard and it is fine. They like to go behind it but I've never seen any go on it, they have tried and then end up slipping and squak about it. I have had rats go under the AC however (until they were given birth control + and caught)
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