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    Before Chicks Arrive

    I am so excited. My chicks are coming next Tuesday and I am busily preparing for them. First I made sure my Chickwagon is all secure in a corner of the yard. Next I acquired some cardboard to make an inside/outside place for them to grow. Then I put The Chickwagon over the nursery...
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    Baby Chicks On Up

    The baby chicks arrived today. I had a dream they were not doing well (I think they were calling out to me from the post office) and I woke up in a sweat. When I looked at the clock it was 5 am which means they had arrived. I called the hatchery Tuesday, (Estes hatchery - very nice people) and...
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    Some More Eggscellent Benefits

    Eggscellent benefits This coop was designed with the urban chicken farmer in mind. How you say? 1. Small enough to fit in a pick up truck: 2. Can be used for storing husbands, children and other small critters: 3. Check out the grow cover option for extension of your growing season:
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    Construction 1

    Construction instructions: poultry palace was my first thought for a name but I like Chickwagon better which is what I am selling it as. collect 6 pieces of rebar 20' long. Cut according to following specs: Note the colors tell you where each length piece goes. Bend round pieces. Weld bottom...
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    CLOSED - Coop Design Contest - Win a $20 Gift Certificate

    I put up a page on BYC with information about a coop I designed with a professional chicken raiser but mine is for a backyard flock. Take a peep at the Chickwagon - durable (made of rebar), portable (can be moved easily and fits in a pickup), predator resistant (can't chew through it, lift it or...
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    baby chicks come into the Chickwagon

    How cute they are when they arrive. Chick out the pictures img/smilies/smile.png" alt="smile" />">https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=24056-baby-chicks-on-up
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    nursery for new baby chicks

    I am so excited, new chicks arrive in a week and I have the perfect baby chick set up inside my Chickwagon. see my page for more details https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=24056
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    What's the name of your chicken coop? "Chicken" Hilton here

    I call mine The Chickwagon since it is portable and when I made 4 of them and they were lined up they looked liked Canastoga's getting ready to travel...http://sites.google.com/site/thechickwagonsite/Home/pictures[https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/thechickwagon/growmodel&coop.jpg]
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    The Chickwagon

    I have made 4 Chickwagons and would love for someone to buy one and let me know if they have as good luck with it as I have had. My portable chicken tractor is virtually predator proof and durable. You will be handing it down to your grandchildren as it is made of 3/8" rebar and chicken wire and...
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    The Chickwagon

    It is made of 3/8"rebar welded together, chicken wire and the bottom of the nesting box is 1/2" hardware cloth. The top is 24 mil polywoven material. Don't know how to attach photo's or I would show you. Frances The Chickwagon
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    The Chickwagon

    I tried to put as many photos as I thought would be helpful on my 3 pages. The coop is covered with chicken wire all the way around and the door has a chain latch on it which can be secured even more with a elastic cord. There is 4 inches of wire that is folded under the coop to the inside to...
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    The Chickwagon

    I live in New Mexico and have built a new backyard urban chicken coop that I would like to share. I co-designed this with Tom D from Pollo Real and a larger model has been used on his farm for 6 years. I hope people will look at my page I created under the chickwagon. I look forward to feedback...
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