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  1. Skellington

    Brought my first chicks home yesterday!

    @Folly's place Yup, the run isn't done. I've only been letting them out when someone is around. I have 2x4s to overlap the hardware cloth. @debid Yes! She's definitely a she, thank goodness!
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    Brought my first chicks home yesterday!

    Oh dear. The BCM is now attempting to crow. He sounds like a sick goose, and this morning he was having a territorial dispute with the garbage truck. :lol: I need to get him to my friends with the farm asap!
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    Brought my first chicks home yesterday!

    @Matzwd The BCM is definitely a rooster -- he's now getting some copper on his back, where a hen shouldn't. I'm hoping the GLW is a hen, though -- how are yours looking?
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    1st coop construction progress

    The chickens LOVE the chicken-level glass windows. They all run over when they see me outside, and if I'm not paying attention to them they peck at the glass. I'm thinking of putting up a sign that says "Don't tap on the glass" - on the inside! I'm still working on the run. I've got all but one...
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    It is my honor to announce...

    There darn well should be! I thought there were female knights, like Dame Maggie Smith, but it turns out that's an 'equivalent heraldic order.' ...I just spent twenty minutes researching the british honors system because of my teenage chicken. :lol:
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    It is my honor to announce...

    I started building my coop last year while my friends were gutting a house they'd bought. They let me take whatever I wanted from their demolition pile, and I hauled a LOT of stuff away -- lots of odd-sized studs and scraps of plywood. They probably saved me a couple hundred bucks on my coop...
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    1st coop construction progress

    @kyle476 LOL! I love it.
  8. Skellington

    Brought my first chicks home yesterday!

    @debid @Matzwd Oh, that's hopeful news! Not that I mind if one's a rooster, but two out of six was a disappointment. Those SLW combs look a LOT like the stage my GLW is at, so maybe there's hope she's a she!
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    Brought my first chicks home yesterday!

    It's been over a month, and the chicks just moved to the coop, so I thought I'd share pics! From this: To this! I'm afraid two out of six are cockerels. The black copper marans' comb is big at 6 weeks, and the GLW's comb got very rosy very early (though I'm still hoping the GLW is a...
  10. Skellington

    1st coop construction progress

    Aaaaand then there were chickens! (Okay, then there was a barrel bolt and a hasp-and-padlock and a temporary OSB hatch over the pop-door, but the crucial bit is that I no longer have chickens in my laundry room!). My sweetheart hauled the kennel out for me (some things are easier with longer...
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    1st coop construction progress

    I've been so busy working that I haven't updated -- the chickens are finally in the coop and out of my laundry room! The run isn't done yet, but the coop is (hopefully) secure and cozy. I'm posting thumbnails because this is really photo heavy. I used CDX left over from my friends' house (the...
  12. Skellington

    1st coop construction progress

    @jthornton That's really clever! So, it has about a stud's width resting on the framing? Gives you a nice solid surface to screw to. @concrete_boots Thanks! I found the windows at a fantastic salvage store in Bellingham, WA, and designed the coop around them. The big progress yesterday was...
  13. Skellington

    1st coop construction progress

    Oh -- a pic of chicks -- ...and two of coop progress yesterday. Or rather, a bit of framing progress and a bit of indecision: (Leaning towards middle large chip and bright teal doors and windows. Was going to go lime green doors and windows, but finding a good bright green in housepaint...
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    1st coop construction progress

    @aart I've definitely worked on things that did NOT come out like I drew them! I had to turn the pressure down a little on the staple gun. It was putting staples an eighth of an inch below the surface and occasionally breaking wire. I overlapped the wire enough that I can reinforce anywhere...
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    1st coop construction progress

    I got a lot done this past weekend! I cut and test fit the 'legs' and edges for the platform support a week ago. On Saturday I cut the first wire,so I could make the wire sandwich for the back wall and assemble the platform. (puh-chew, puh-chew, puh-chew! Pneumatic staplers are wonderful)...
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