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    Project Shed-To-Coop

    :D Not yet. But I can certainly do something like what Auntijessi3 did if I determine it's needed.
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    Project Shed-To-Coop

    Good tip. Thanks. As for the finished coop, I'm kinda' lookin' forward to that myself. :D
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    Project Shed-To-Coop

    I'm interested in the answer too, as that's what I'm planning to use in my tray.
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    Project Shed-To-Coop

    By the way, the only reason I needed that large a battery is that it'll also be powering a small heating pad that will sit under the battery and keep it above freezing during the winter, and when it's activated that pad will use more energy than every other load combined. Without that I could...
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    Project Shed-To-Coop

    "Liquid Rubber" is the brand. https://shopliquidrubber.com/products/polyurethane-deck-coating
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    Project Shed-To-Coop

    A single 12V 314Wh LiFePO4 battery.
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    Project Shed-To-Coop

    Thanks. With my previous flock just cleaning out their coop caused them to become all indignant. I can't imagine the upset that ongoing construction would cause.
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    Project Shed-To-Coop

    It's just polyurethane, which isn't particularly toxic, even for chickens. And it will be fully cured within about a month, which will be well before I introduce any birds to the coop.
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    Project Shed-To-Coop

    It looks like I need to get rolling on the attached run once we get put from under all this ice. That's what I'm going to be mounting the solar panels on, and Jeff Bezos has been doing his part in getting the parts for that system to me. I got the panels yesterday (4x100 watts) but forgot to...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Project Shed-To-Coop
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    Project Shed-To-Coop

    A couple of months ago I posted in the Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello! thread about my plans to convert my newly acquired 8'x12' Tuff Shed into a coop. Life intervened and delayed that effort a bit, but I was recently able to start the project in earnest and thought I'd chronical...
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    Solar

    I'll be doing something very similar to our new coop shortly, but it should be noted that @kuclafive's need for an AC outlet (for running AC devices like a heater) adds significantly to the cost and complexity (not complex in absolutely terms, but as compared to a simpler DC-only system) of a...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    I've been offline from this site for nearly 2.5 years now (for many reasons, none having anything to do with the site itself). We lost all of our chickens in a pre-dawn coyote pack raid due to an improperly latched run gate (my fault) about 6 months ago, and are only now getting around to...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Then your claim that your inability to see the shell fragments in the soil must mean that they've broken down into their individual constituent elements makes even less sense, no matter how many condescending emojies you use But as for your "degree in physics", I recall that being on display...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Just because the shell fragments are too small for you to see and differentiate from other parts of the soil doesn't mean that they've decomposed into their constituent elements. They can do so, but the soil needs to be fairly acidic (have a low pH) in order to react with the calcium carbonate...
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    PLEASE HELP: What killed almost my whole flock? 17 dead.. :( (WARNING: GRAPHIC)

    Yep. I've encountered raccoons during daylight hours numerous times while hunting.
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    How much did your first egg cost?

    I believe that may be a textbook case of a Pyrrhic victory. 😞
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    How much did your first egg cost?

    We sold our old house, moved all the way across Dallas/Ft. Worth and bought an even bigger house on 10x as much land...mostly because I wanted to be able to keep chickens, goats, etc. So, let's just say my eggs cost a lot.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    My favorite way to eat them is to drizzle a little olive oil on them, apply a little kosher salt and pepper and then grill them for a few minutes. Then pull them off the grill and microplane some Parmigiano-Reggiano on them. It's the king of vegetables.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I haven't even planted anything else yet and already the asparagus I planted last year is putting food on the table (or at least the counter). And yes, they're delicious.
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