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  1. Re-purposed treehouse

    Re-purposed treehouse

    My "baby" is a 6'2" college soon-to-be junior. When a winter storm downed his tree-house we decided to get chickens. 100 feet of 1/2" hardware cloth, repurposed shed doors, some recycled windows ($10 each), $10 vinyl flooring and we are ready for the girls to arrive on Friday. We built a...
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    Does anyone have a run with wood flooring?

    I am not sure if it makes sense, but we just completed ours and it is approximately the same size as yours with a wood floor . We wanted the chickens to be safe while we were at work, so there are 6' tall sides that are covered with 1/2" hardware cloth as well as the roof which is 1/2 metal...
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Pretty coop!
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Gorgeous coop - ours is almost done but pullets arriving the week of June 3. We too have not decided on electricity as of yet. I am very impressed- I usually have the "ideas" and my husband builds. This week roof, floor, and roost in outdoor run for our coop. Did you us cedar for the wood...
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    Western Massachusetts

    Hello - I am in Worthington, just starting out finishing our coop in expectation of our pullets arriving sometime in the next couple of weeks. Does anyone know where I might get a couple of silver laced Wyandottes ? So excited cannot wait for our girls to arrive!
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    Metal roofing

    Hi- we are just completing our run. The run itself is built on a platform that ranges between 1 and 3 1/2 feet above the ground . It is 6 feet tall the sides and 1/2 of the top are covered with 1/2 hardware cloth. The remaining half of the top will be covered with 2. 6 foot x 3 ft metal roofing...
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Thanks do I just search for western mass thread?
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    The hill towns of western mass

    We are covering the top with half metal roofing (like a large screened porch to protect from the elements) and half hardware cloth.......we bought 100 ft and routinely have bears, foxes, and other creatures in our yard. Thank you for the sand and wood chip ideas!
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Hello everyone....I am new to this site, but have been using it for a few weeks mainly for coop design. We live in western mass (tiny town called Worthington ) and are getting 5 pullets in a couple of weeks. I cannot wait.....lately all I talk about relates to chickens! My husband would really...
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    The hill towns of western mass

    Sexlink darn auto spell!
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    The hill towns of western mass

    Hi- we are getting 5 sell ink pullets in a couple of weeks and I have used your site extensively in the past few weeks as we have been building our coop. ( my sister says that I have OCD- obsessive chicken disorder) . Our "free" chicken coop - a repurposing of my sons' tree house which fell...
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    And here I thought, "No problem... I can build a coop this week!"

    We decided to get chickens after my grown children's treehouse fell out of its perch during a snow storm. We had lots of lumber from other outgrown boy toys in our yard, bought a couple of windows, some vinyl flooring, made nesting boxes, bought 100 ft of 1/2 hardware cloth and it is still not...
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