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    Chickens are dying!

    My husband went and checked the coop last week and they had water and the next day, the water was empty. He quickly filled it up this was last week. This morning we found one of our girls dead in the hen house. She was acting very lethargic last night but seemed Ok up until yesterday. Could it...
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    Lethargic Chicken found dead this morning

    One of our hens was really lethargic last night and not acting herself and this morning my husband found her dead in the nesting box. We are concerned for the rest of our flock. Her tail was down last night and she was laying around more than normal. She's always been kind of off, not as perky...
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    Chickens stopped eating out of feeder

    It's been over a month since we've had to fill our chicken feeder with feed.. They all use to race to the feeders after being let out in the mornings, and now my husband said he can't remember the last time he seen any of our chickens eat from the feeder... We've been tossing pellets out in the...
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    Would this coop/run be enough for 4 full size hens? We had 3 but lost one unexpectedly.

    I have a 4x4 with a external nesting boxes hen house with a 7x16' inclosed run for 5 hens. It works fine for them. We lock them in the hen house at night and let them out in the am. We built ours out of pallets and the wood for the run was old deck boards.
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Check mine out.. We built a pig pen next to our chicken coop..
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    share photos of your coop

    Here's ours!!! :)
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    Coop and Garden plan

    We live in the Owens valley which is surrounded by the Sierra Nevadas in northern California. I wouldn't live anywhere else, besides maybe Australia. :)
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    Pop door on the hen house?

    This is what ours looks like... So I guess my question is the chickens will know to go and put themselves to bed inside the house? or will they roost outside?
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    Pop door on the hen house?

    Our hen house is inside a inclosed run. Solid roof and concrete all around the bottom with wire sunk in pretty much fort knox. We live in a area where it only gets down to 15 degrees maybe once a year. We were going to put a door on the hen house later this summer or fall before it gets cold but...
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    Pallet Inspired Coop

    Here's ours.. We finished it all this weekend. Here's the link of the whole build. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/riggs-pallet-coop It's been fun, but glad we are ready to pick up chickens this weekend.
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    Coop and Garden plan

    All finished!!! Now on to the layout and building of the garden!!! :) We get chickens next weekend!!! :)
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    Coop and Garden plan

    Almost ready for Chickens... And then we can start on the garden boxes..
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    Riggs Pallet Coop

    Lid on box still needs paint. Still need to put the rest of the trim up but I think we are ready for Chickens!
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    Coop and Garden plan

    I wish I could get a trailer load of mulch for 20 bucks!!! What do you guys think of using dirt that was dug out of a pond to fill my garden boxes with?i can get a few truck loads for free.
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    Coop and Garden plan

    Looks good! We HAVE to finish ours as we are getting our chickens Easter weekend..I'll post pictures Sunday! :)
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