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  1. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Martha Stewarts chicken coop

    I wonder what kind of shavings? Prob kelm dried hemlock lol
  2. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Martha Stewarts chicken coop

    Lmao no pun intended
  3. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Martha Stewarts chicken coop

    Yeah no kidding, I was looking for the guard towers and the snipers for rouge birds. Deff a bird compound she has there
  4. BrokeFarmerJohn

    This Old House Coop

    I thought they did a good job with the wood word and design, it came together pretty good for them. There design was good for 2 chickens max or maybe a few dogs lol.
  5. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Trying to keep the coop warm.

    I lost 3 EE's I believe
  6. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Request PHOTOS of your nesting box

    Mine was a simple design with wood I had laying around, except the plastic bins, those I bought
  7. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Trying to keep the coop warm.

    Most people say don't heat the coop, I didn't last year and lost a bird every cold snap we had, after 3 lost hens I added heat, never lost another bird all winter. My chickens stay in the coop during the winter, I don't let them free range, my coop is 4 horse stalls, one stall I converted to...
  8. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Martha Stewarts chicken coop

    That's a bit excessive for a coop lol. She seems to know a decent amount about chickens but not exactly all the correct terminology, her deff of "yard" threw me off, I'm like what's a secure yard? We talking Fort Knox awe she meant run lol. Also she must not know how long eggs last if she only...
  9. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Just wanted to share my nesting boxes I built.

    After so much reading on LGD's I have decided I can make this work, next week my shipment of baby turkins comes in, I will be adding 15 ISA Browns and 4 male Keets (Baby Guinea) to the order if I can. I still need to fence in my back lot attached to the barn but once I do then I will end up with...
  10. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Just wanted to share my nesting boxes I built.

    These are older pics of the coop.
  11. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Just wanted to share my nesting boxes I built.

  12. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Just wanted to share my nesting boxes I built.

    One of my barns has 3 attached stalls, I turned one and a storage room next to it into a chicken coop, the coop is 11x20 but I let them run in the other two stalls as well, I never measured what those are. Just today I took new pics of my set up. The green storm door is the beginning of the coop...
  13. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Just wanted to share my nesting boxes I built.

    I have 36 hens and 4 roosters. I didn't plan to have to many roosters, 1 was missexed, 2 was ordered and 1 was a free chick from McMurray. I will be starting another 25-30 hens in about a week and half, 15 turkin hens and 10-15 ISA Browns. So 70 chickens total with replacing half the flock out...
  14. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Info on training a great pyrenees to guard chickens

    Not sure exactly where to post this but I am being given a 3 month old Great Pyrenees, and I plan to train the dog to protect my chickens from critters. I have never owned or trained a livestock guard dog. The dog has a good blood line just not of livestock guard dogs but I figured I would give...
  15. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Just wanted to share my nesting boxes I built.

    The EE's use the boxes well, my Australorps don't, they lay on the ground, I will see if the little ladder helps with that. I'm two containers short so maybe I will just add bedding and see if there anymore popular.
  16. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Nesting box

    I built mine around the plastic containers which I suggest with pine shavings, I pull the containers out daily, pick out feathers and any poo stir the chips and it's good to go. I have never had to dump them yet but if I do clean out will be a breeze. Mine are I believe 13" tall, 12" wide and...
  17. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Shed Coop

    The ladder type roost was very simple, just figure your angles out for top and bottom of the side boards than all I did was rip a board in half and used that as the stairs of the ladder, I think I made my stairs 18in apart. The materials was used treated 1x6 or 2x6 decking, just make sure your...
  18. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Shed Coop

    I turned horse stalls on my barn I had into a chicken coop, I built two separate roosting ladder type posts (very easy to build) and 16 nesting boxes, I started with 40 last year and plan to start another 25-30 hens this year. Each hen needs about 4 sq ft in the coop and usually 10 sq ft in the...
  19. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Just wanted to share my nesting boxes I built.

    Made from materials a buddy brought over from left over stuff on a constucture site. Boxes are 13" tall, about 12" wide and 16" deep I believe, just to accomedate the plastic containers which are awsome for collecting eggs and cleaning the nesting boxes out, saw that idea when I did a Google...
  20. BrokeFarmerJohn

    Just wanted to share my nesting boxes I built.

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