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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Sweet, I like it. I am not sure , my cousin said that his roost seemed to work better with a square (2x2) cross roost than a round ones said their craws hold on better and they don't fall off as easy ?? What do you think? The spray foam is super and I like the rooster framing above the...
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    DIY Incubator ?

    The glass came from an 8"x10" frame but the glass is 11 1/2" x 9 1/4" , 2 bucks from Wal-Mart. had to use Leatherman's branch cutting blade to rip open the side for it to slide up in to the upper edge, I layed the Leatherman on its side with the blade laying flat and just started scratching back...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    The big window is actually a side window for a front door that has the 1 1/2"-2" flange all the way around it, it is a windgaurd plastic type, cut out the hole an extra 1/2 inch for adjustments due to possible eye leveling and bubble leveling and then so it looks good too LOLOLOL,,, there is no...
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    DIY Incubator ?

    We are doing our first dozen and on day 7 with a DIY still air, thinking seriously of making it with a fan though to air circulate for better stability of temperatures. here is a pic of it. 40 watt bulb (2 pack $1.00 ), 150 watt clip on light fixture ($9.00), single gang box (.34), light dimmer...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    still need to do the 3/4" by 4" and 6" vertical boards to look more like a barn but getting there. :) Left fencing loose intentionally so if some thing does try and climb it ,, it will make it that much harder plus it is 5" below ground level too.
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