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  1. rocketdoctor

    Painting or Waterproof sealant on coops

    Thank you so much! Some people recommend that you sand the lumber first did you bother to do this?
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    Painting or Waterproof sealant on coops

    I know this has been brought up before but whats the best way to Treat a run made out of Doug fir (Water seal,paint or stain). Ive heard that things like Thompsons wood sealer is good but it needs to be reapplied regularly which I my main concern because after attaching wire it would be...
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    Full height coop, or raised with run extended underneath?

    I build alot of coops for people and I always like to build them that are high enough for people to walk into them. I build them "Sustainable" which means they have floors in the coop portion, just keep the coop/run filled with yard waste this will create a nice compost that you can clean...
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    Can Poultry netting keep out Animals

    Anyone experienced with Poultry netting over a large run to keep out foxes and/or coyotes? ive used it as a solution on a 20x40 fenced run area to keep hawks out, but Im wondering if it would work for keeping coyotes/foxes. I know they could tear it with their teeth but wondering if they would...
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    Where to get full grown chickens in San Francisco east bay

    I have a freind who just got a coop and wants to purchase Pullets or full grown chickens. I know you can get them in Santa Rosa and Livermore, any other place near san francisco east bay to get them?
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    Protecting Run materials

    Ive built a few runs out of PT, but there is arguments if this is toxic or not. Im looking at other alternatives plus plain fir is much cheaper and easier to aquire scraps for chicken coops
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    Protecting Run materials

    I know this has been brought up many times in past but what is the best way to protect an exposed run wood. To treat it with paint or stain to look right wouldn't you want to apply the material before you put the wire on the run? People have suggested you would need to reapply paint after a...
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    Wood to make run out of

    Hi: Im building 9x10 run for my chickens ,mostly out of 2x4 material below are the plans for it, the orange color is material I plan on using Pressure treated since its ground contact. I don't want to get in a discussion about Pressure Treated wood in coops Ive done the research and fine...
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    Culling young roosters when can I eat them?

    So your suggesting to not gut or skin them and let the rest in cool place for a couple days? I'll try this next time, I think I still have another rooster or two that are late bloomers. The ones I did cull I threw in crockpot immediately and cooked for 8 hours they were very tender. I...
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    Culling young roosters when can I eat them?

    I added my 5-month-old chickens including what I was pretty sure were roosters to my coop. The pen that I kept the young birds in was pretty dark so the roosters never crowed. Soon as I added them to the coop they started crowing and being aggressive to all my other chickens. I culled...
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    Culling young roosters when can I eat them?

    How is this mean they lived about as long as any other chicken that you buy for food at the store? Maybe a craigslist in more Rural areas would work but theres no where within 20 miles of me that allows roosters. I had other friends that got rid of their chickens via a free add in...
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    Culling young roosters when can I eat them?

    these roosters are bigger than most ducks I shoot and probably will taste better too. they are going in the crock pot this weekend.
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    Culling young roosters when can I eat them?

    We were in denial but now sure that some of our 4-month-old chickens are roosters, I definitely can't have these and don't know anyone that wants them. I was thinking I would just cull and cook them up. Only problem they have been on medicated feed. Ive heard I shouldn't eat eggs from birds...
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    Chicks aren't going into the coop at night

    My coop sits about 4ft off the ground from the run (which is on the other side of a retaining wall) so there is a fairly long ladder the chickens go up and down to get in the coop. I just added a bunch of new 6 week old chicks to the coop/run. I locked them in the coop at night and then the...
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    How to keep chickens off my deck and out of my house

    My chickens have a large run but I like to let them free range in my yard . I have a terraced yard where the chickens have a lot of places to roam, however they have learned to come up to my top patio and deck into the open patio doors where the dog food bowl is. My dog stares at them while...
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    Where are my chickens laying?

    Yeah I figure they will be a unhappy once they are confined again, I do let them free range from time to time, but problem is they keep coming up on my deck and in the house to eat dog food. They are making a mess of the place, I need to get them confined again. Funny thing is I see them...
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    Where are my chickens laying?

    I am remodeling my current chicken coop into a barn for a pig and planning on building a coop on the back of it. I had to start construction by tearing most of the coop apart including a portion of the run and just let the chickens free range for the past couple weeks. I moved the egg nest to...
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    Help with sizing of hen house

    No live in California so never very cold but it does get hot . I am going to have one side of the hen house thats sheilded from the wind , Hardwire mesh to allow for adequate ventalation during summer
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    Help with sizing of hen house

    I have a coup that is surrounded on 2 sides by a 3 foot retaining wall. Im going to put a hen house on top of the retaining wall that the chickens will walk up a ladder to. Im going to have two roosting poles in it, the question is how far above should I put the roof over the highest roost...
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    Do you wash fresh eggs? Refrigerate or no?

    for the past 5 years Ive never refrigerated our chickens eggs. Our eggs are usually a mess from one of the chickens breaking it or eating it. We just put the dirty egg in a container on the kitchen window ledge and use them when we need to. for awhile I was getting so many eggs that they...
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