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  1. mark9199

    FREE chicken coop plan (nice one too) on the Purina Mills Website

    I've got the original Purina coop plans. They are a bit vague and leave quite a bit up to your imagination, though. If you want a (free) copy, send me a message with your email address and I'll send you the PDF file. -Mark
  2. mark9199

    FREE chicken coop plan (nice one too) on the Purina Mills Website

    I sent you (debbiegt and pit77) the files a few days ago. Let me know if you did not receive them.- Mark
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    FREE chicken coop plan (nice one too) on the Purina Mills Website

    I need you to send me your email address to send you the coop plans. They don't let me send files through this web site. Anyone that would like my coop plans, please send your email address to me by a personal message.
  4. Edna at about 15 months... Hangin' with Winnie

    Edna at about 15 months... Hangin' with Winnie

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  5. Phyllis and Opal at about 15 months

    Phyllis and Opal at about 15 months

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    FREE chicken coop plan (nice one too) on the Purina Mills Website

    Looks good, Gloken, nice job!
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    FREE chicken coop plan (nice one too) on the Purina Mills Website

    Most of the time, my 3 gals share the same box. If all 3 lay that day, I'll almost always find all 3 eggs in the same box. I think you'll be fine with only one but I'm fairly new here myself and there are others that may argue something different. Welcome aboard ;)
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    FREE chicken coop plan (nice one too) on the Purina Mills Website

    The Purina coop (4' x 4') is a good size for up to 6. That's my planned limit. There are some that made theirs 4' x 8'. TallyTaxMan built a nice one. Look back a few postings behind this one. Mine, I built entirely by myself so I have no doubt you're capable. I can send you pdf and/or AutoCad...
  9. mark9199

    Texas

    That would explain a lot. Thanks for the information! :)
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    Texas

    Thanks for the reply! I guess I've been lucky then, seeing only a slight reduction. My three are still averaging 3 out 4 days. Thanks for the welcome! I've been around occasionally since I got started on chickens a few months ago. It's been a treat so far. I'm between Houston and Galveston...
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    Texas

    Newbie question... Here in the Houston area, what kind of slow-down in chicken egg laying is normal over these winter months? I'm seeing a slight reduction, a friend near by is seeing a big reduction, both of us have Ameraucanas?
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    Poop maintenance for a small Purina type coop with raised floor

    Quote: So far it has done pretty well. It is very hot and humid here in the summer. About 95 degrees just about every day, June through September. My initial concern was heat generation from the deep litter composting. After a lot of reading, it sounded like a raised wooden floor wouldn't...
  13. Left to right: Barred Rock, Ameraucana, Australorp. The Ameraucana consistently lays extra large while the other two are nice size, just a bit smaller.... probably considered "large" Laying started at 6 months.

    Left to right: Barred Rock, Ameraucana, Australorp. The Ameraucana consistently lays extra large while the other two are nice size, just a bit smaller.... probably considered "large" Laying started at 6 months.

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  14. I splurged on a sand box. Very popular with the gals. A mix of play sand, peat, DE, and, if I have any, some wood/charcoal ash. I keep the bath near the pen area and they get to use it whenever roaming the yard.

    I splurged on a sand box. Very popular with the gals. A mix of play sand, peat, DE, and, if I have any, some wood/charcoal ash. I keep the bath near the pen area and they get to use it whenever roaming the yard.

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  15. The girls complained of a boring interior so I spruced up the nest boxes with some colorful exercise floor mats which help cushion the eggs. I've been using pine shavings in the boxes but they always get scattered into the coop so am trying hay over these cushions, hoping for less scattering.

    The girls complained of a boring interior so I spruced up the nest boxes with some colorful exercise floor mats which help cushion the eggs. I've been using pine shavings in the boxes but they always get scattered into the coop so am trying hay over these cushions, hoping for less scattering.

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  16. Added a couple of hanging treat holders (one round on the left, the other a rectangular cage on the right). The girls took to the round one holding a tomato right away. The other has cabbage in it and isn't as popular.

    Added a couple of hanging treat holders (one round on the left, the other a rectangular cage on the right). The girls took to the round one holding a tomato right away. The other has cabbage in it and isn't as popular.

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  17. Opal (Australorp) on the left, Phyllis (Barred Rock in the middle, Edna (EE/Ameraucana) on the right. Not a single egg yet at 22 weeks!!

    Opal (Australorp) on the left, Phyllis (Barred Rock in the middle, Edna (EE/Ameraucana) on the right. Not a single egg yet at 22 weeks!!

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  18. Here the girls are at about 22 weeks, Sept 1st, 2013. Working their glory hole under our bird feeder.

    Here the girls are at about 22 weeks, Sept 1st, 2013. Working their glory hole under our bird feeder.

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  19. mark9199

    Sexing Barred Rocks

    Thanks for the information! Always good to learn something new. I got her at a local hen farm but I think they brought her in from another farm that does the breeding. Interesting information, though. I'll check the leg coloring but I don't recall ever seeing much yellow on her legs. I think...
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    Sexing Barred Rocks

    Thank you! I thought so but wasn't sure. How do you know for sure?
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