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    Advice on a polyurethane shed for coop

    We have a similar type shed, May be a little bigger. Same mfg I think. Has been in use for several yrs. We put hardware cloth on inside of windows so that they can stay open in hot weather. We framed a wall with a door 3ft back from the original doors and then covered the wall with hardware...
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    has anyone used these nesting boxes

    WE have 5 of them, Been using for 4 yrs no problems. Easy to clean.
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    Help: Hens roosting in nest boxes

    We just catch the chicken after it has settled in for the night and then place it on the roost bar, When it wakes up in the morning it thinks it belongs there. They will not move around in the dark by themselves. We have had a few stubborn ones that it took a couple of nights to get them settled...
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    Cord size

    You said you have a 150 ft outdoor extension cord. If it is at least 12 gage it should work, a 10 gage would be a lot better at that distance.
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    Mold in my water with ACV?

    I have seen no ill effects. In the days of wooden sailing ships it was common practice to cover the hull with copper to stop the growth of sea weed and other parasites.
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    Mold in my water with ACV?

    I just put a coil of copper wire in the bottom of my bird baths and chicken water containers.
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    Roaming Dogs Caught on Game Camera Several Times

    The SSS rule applies, Shot Shovel And Shut up.. End of problem. You have thee right to protect your live stock.
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    Das Hühnerhaus

    We have been using a plain old wal-mart plastic cutting board for 3 yrs now and it works just fine. I used aluminum channel on the sides and bottom for the cutting board to side in. So we don,t have any binding when wet or dirty.
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    Broody chicken help

    X2 on the broody cage it works, We have used it several times.
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    chicken guard automatic door opener

    Alabama, pull up my profile, There are some pictures on there. If that does not work I will try and post some.
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    chicken guard automatic door opener

    Any lock that has ever been built can be defeated, But we have had the cutting board door in place for two years and have not had any problems.
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    chicken guard automatic door opener

    Plastic cutting board, Slides in two pieces of aluminum channel, With a piece of cannel across the bottom. Slides easy, No binding and a coon can't get to the bottom edge to lift it up. Just what works for me :-)
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    Chickens lay in a big pile in front of the coop door so they all can't get in at night

    Ours free range. They will always come back to where they can get water. So we put our water in the run and in the coop. When it gets dark they are in the coop no problem.
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    Sweet PDZ?

    Teri It really does work, We use it in our poop tray under the roost bar and just scoop out the poop as needed. We replace the PDZ when we do our yearly fall coop clean out. We get it at Tractor supply. Very little odor with PDZ and Pine shaving deep litter method.
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    Sweet PDZ?

    New or used ???
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    Is it safe to build coop out of treated fence boards ?

    Just a thought ? make sure you use hardware that is for pressure treated, regular screws and nails will rust out in no time.
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    Is it safe to build coop out of treated fence boards ?

    All of the wood in our coop and run is pressure treated, With the exception of the roost boards the chickens sit on. Works great no visible side effects and no maintenance.
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    Suggestions on how to move a coop?

    Large tractor with a loader, rig a sling pick it up and move it. No pictures or size info it is really hard say what your options are ????
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    Help Me Design the INTERIOR of My Chicken Shed!!!

    If you look at the picture of the pop door in the original group of pictures you can see that I reinforced the hole with plywood and aluminum angle.
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    Help Me Design the INTERIOR of My Chicken Shed!!!

    Cutting holes is easy, lay out the hole, then drill a small hole in each corner then take a saber saw and cut it out. You will then need to reinforce the edges of the hole with some aluminum angle. If you look at the pictures attached you will see that I mounted the nest boxes to a piece of...
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