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    Hawk/Eagle Protection With Electric Poultry Netting?

    Don´t forget. the electric fence will not do anything to a flying bird, that a normal fence will do. Since they are flying, and not standing on the ground, the circuit will not be completed, and they will not receive a shock.
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    Hawk/Eagle Protection With Electric Poultry Netting?

    I have been in this situation when I used to raise pheasants in Scotland. Covering the run wasn’t possible due to the trees in the run. What we used to do was to provide ground cover, in various forms, like tree branches, or natural vegetation, you could also build a structure with...
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    The copper chicken coop

    Fantastic job, one of the best looking coops I have seen, very pleasing to the eye
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    How to install hardware cloth?

    I use a air driven staple gun, then i cover the staples and the sharp edges with a strip of wood that is screwed in. Hardware cloth leaves SHARP edges when cut
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    LINOLEUM ... glue or nail?

    That looks fine. I know what you are saying about expense, I am 60% over my estimate already, and its only 80% finished, shooo don’t tell the bank manager lol. I think, sorry I am not at home just now, this is what I used from Lowes...
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    New Coop/hay shed has started

    lol, would be if DW had her way, its Butch as in Butch and Sundance, his half bro :)
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    Auto feeders

    check here, some good ideas from other members https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-chicken-feeder-waterer-designs-pictures
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    LINOLEUM ... glue or nail?

    I just did this a few weeks ago in a 10x6 coop I built. I got my linoleum from Lowes, along with glue. Laid down the linoleum first without any glue, and cut it to shape. Then i lifter half of it up, in your case a 5x10 area, and glued it down, then repeated the process on the other half. The...
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    I should have built a treehouse coop

    LOL mine used to do that when they were 4 or 5 months old, then they stopped, haven't seen them in the trees since last summer
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    New Coop/hay shed has started

    Progress has been good over the last few days Purlins going on the roof, thanks to son in law for his help Ondura sheets, 10 of installed, looks good? More pictures to follow of the finish on the coop end, outside walls
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    Help! Tin roof installation question

    Google the manufactures of the roofing’s name to find their website, normally there are installation instructions there. Like use of screws vs nails, where to place the screws/nails and how to install them, also the overlap should be shown as well. Better to do it correct the first time than...
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    New Coop/hay shed has started

    Had a busy few days, and progress is moving along nicely On Sunday, we managed to get the coop floor in, and the separating wall Today, I got the floor down for the hay shed, and the framing for the roof. Starting to look like a shed at last
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