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    Cracked Eggs

    I may try finding those! We only have 2 laying hens at the moment and I would love to actually be able to use the eggs lol
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    Cracked Eggs

    I have a buff orphington that we brought home about a week ago. She is approximately 12 months old and lays every other day usually. The past 2 eggs have been cracked when I went to get them out of the nesting box. I was down there today when she layed and she is moving all the pine shaves...
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    Prefab Coop Remodel

    there is a large vented area on each end and one in back. The plywood doesn’t go fully to the top of the peak on front inside.
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    Enclosed area

    Each Roost is 78" long.. One roost was around 13-14 inches from the wall and I believe the other was 9-10 but I would have to measure to be sure... There is about 21 inches in between.. All the chickens had been roosting well at night but we did consider moving them a bit to even out the space...
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    Enclosed area

    Thank you!
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    Enclosed area

    They have 13 feet of roosting space, 3 nesting boxes, 35 sq ft enclosed and a fenced area that is around 180 sq feet.. for 8 chickens that is over the recommendations right? They have not had any bullying or fighting issues up to this point.. We live in East Tennessee and have very mild winters...
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    New Chicken Momma 🐓

    Welcome! I just started our flock in February and I just love my ladies!
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    Prefab Coop Remodel

    We had originally bought the homestead coop from tractor supply but realized quickly that it wouldn’t fit what amount of chickens we wanted and the inside tray fell apart after 2 months... My husband and I are not good at carpentry but we found a way to add enough enclosed space for our...
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    Introducing new older chickens

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    Enclosed area

    I added photos of what we did to make the prefab coop have more space below!
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    Enclosed area

    Here is some updated pictures.. we have had some crazy weather so I still have some finishing to do and trim!
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    Enclosed area

    We actually closed this “ coop “ in to make it a 7ft by almost 5ft enclosure.. it has 2 rows of 78” roosting and 3 nesting boxes. I just didn’t to take pictures of the finished product yet as we are adding trimming and a new base
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    Introducing new older chickens

    We have actually been working since yesterday to completely remodel this coop as we wanted more space. It is entirely enclosed now and the nesting boxes have been moved to an addition we build on to the outside wall. By doing this it added about 13" more length to a coop that was 6.5 feet...
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    Expanding a store bought coop

    Anyone have any photos of your expansion on this style? We are thinking of doing something similar and would love ideas for layout if we basically just use the exterior as a frame.
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    Introducing new older chickens

    Thank you so much for the info! Our current coop is 7x5. We are actually going to work on re-configuring it slightly today to push the nesting boxes back outside the coop to give alittle extra space inside. I just have to finish up building the enclosure and lid to attach to our coop.
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