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    Building 4x4 Barn style coop with 4x8 run

    The walk-in is a great idea and it will facilitate cleaning the whole thing more easily! You can always frame it for insulation, but leave the interior walls "unfinished," or just cover them half-way up with extra plywood(if you have any) or even cardboard to stop the bedding and droppings from...
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    Building 4x4 Barn style coop with 4x8 run

    Quote: Chicken math ... Who knew?? (Well .. I mean, aside from everybody here who warned us and all, but, well; y'know?) So, as far as coop expansion, my thoughts are that whatever approach you take, the wall with the nest box or the wall with the clean-out door will be the...
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    Our little chicken coop in Progress!

    @tbatz11 Quote: While an extension cord will certainly get the job done, If you have an outdoor outlet on the deck, you could open the outlet box up and "tap-in" your new wiring there, then run a permanent wire to outlets/lights in the coop. ttyl, T&S
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    Our little chicken coop in Progress!

    @tbatz11 , Oops - forgot about your other question! For electrical, tapped into an unused slot on our breaker panel at the house, installed a single pole 20 amp breaker and ran a feeder wire to the outside of the house(easy to do because the panel is on an exterior wall). Buried...
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    Our little chicken coop in Progress!

    @tbatz11 , again my thanks for the feedback! As for the chicken-wire/raccoons - yes and no. I too read a lot of the horror stories about chicken wire being so easy to get through, but I'm not very concerned at this point for a couple of reasons. Firstly, overnight, all of the windows...
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    Our little chicken coop in Progress!

    Wow guys! Sorry it's been way too long since my last update - we have been making progress, but I have been very busy with work, so I haven't made time to update this thread - sorry! The good news: All of our chickens are doing well, and the 17 Easter Eggers have been moved in to the...
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    Building 4x4 Barn style coop with 4x8 run

    Wow!!! All we can say is that you two have really done a fantastic job on the coop - it looks great! Sue can't wait to see after you finish the run and the girls are getting settled in! Personally, since you handled all of the painting and finish work, I think you get executive decision...
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    Our little chicken coop in Progress!

    Hey all! I don't have any new pictures today, but I am pleased to report that the roof is up! Having never worked with metal roofing before, I think it went pretty smoothly overall! Bent the trim in a few places where I overtightened the fasteners, and I had to make a couple of odd...
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    Building 4x4 Barn style coop with 4x8 run

    The coop looks great! I love the rubber strip over the nest box lid, may incorporate some similar flashing on ours! Looking good - keep up the good work!
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    Our little chicken coop in Progress!

    Hi guys! Just a quick Monday evening update with a couple of new pictures. I came down with something last week, so between running a fever for two days, work and the rain, progress was pretty slow this week - but everything(the weather included) is lining up to put the roofing on...
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    New member, and new chicken owner!

    Hello @heidiannlewis , and welcome to BYC! My wife Sue and I are new chicken owners as well, and we have been enjoying the experience tremendously! I agree with @critta , there are tons of friendly and helpful people here at BYC, so be sure to ask any questions - you'll find everyone very...
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    New Member

    Hello @instaclove , and welcome to BYC!
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    I need help please

    Hello @kimismurf , and welcome to BYC! I would suggest maybe looking for a coop on craigslist - if you can find something affordable that you can use in the short-term, you will buy yourself plenty of time to work on building your own coop if that's what you would like to do. I think...
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    Novice Chicken Keeper....

    Hello @Jennyg77 , and welcome! Sorry to hear that you lost your polish so soon - I'm sure that was sad. We are new to keeping chickens ourselves, and none of our chicks is older than 5 weeks at this point, but we've been having a great time learning and getting to know the girls...
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    Ridiculously Excited New Duck Owner

    Hello @taylerwish , and welcome to BYC! If the ducks are male and female, how about Mickey and Minnie? (Get it, 'cause it's opposite of what you might expect, Donald and Daisy) - When I was growing up, my mom had two ducks, and that's what we named ours. There is a great forum on...
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