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    Auto-pop door "Add-A-Motor" D-20 Repair after 7 months

    I made an automatic pop door for my coop using the Add-a-Motor D-20 as the engine to lift the door. It worked great for about seven months. (Construction image) (Switch that turns the porch light on when closed and off when the door is open) (Construction image) (Finished)...
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    My first chicks ever!

    Thanks to Jerry and Rebecca Foley for sharing their beautiful flock! They were delivered right on time and they all appear to be very healthy. My wife and I are both very excited. I have to commend everyone that has posted images of their birds.. I don't know how you do it.. I must have...
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    Made my brooder from an old pine dresser

    I had a tenant move out and leave a dresser and parts of a broken bed. The only before picture I have is this one taken at the rental house in town. It was missing the bottom drawers and the ones that are there were badly damaged. My original plan was to sand the entire cabinet down and...
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    Help making an Aviary Netting decision

    Hello, I'm at the point where I need to order the aviary netting for the top of my run. The dimensions are 12'W X 24'L x 8'H. I'm hoping this will protect my chickens from the birds of prey we have in our area. We only receive about one to two days of light snow in the winter; none this year...
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    Watering Cup brackets cracking *Solved*

    Does anyone have any experience with this type of watering cup? I purchased 6 of these with the brackets and have had 3 of the 4 brackets I connected crack. This is fairly unusual for PVC to crack this easily. I know it is susceptible to exposure to sunlight over time, but these are brittle...
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    Marsh Manufacturing TX6 "Lyon's" incubator Experience?

    Hi everyone, I don’t actually have any chickens yet. I’ve ordered some and am on a couple waiting lists, which is alright because my coop is still a few weeks off from being finished. Me being very excited about this new adventure I’m telling anyone that will listen about the chickens we've...
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    How high to mount watering cups?

    I have 6 of the watering cups featured in the video that I plan on installing inside the coop and out in the run. My question is how high from the ground should I install the pipe? I’ve read it should be parallel to their backs. Problem is I don’t have my chickens yet. I have standard sized...
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    Fiber Optic Night Light

    Hi, I have read where several people use night lights, or rope lights to accommodate their chickens after the main coop light turns off. I’ve never kept chickens myself so I don’t know if it is a necessary thing or not but it made sense to me so I wired for it. I’ve been accused of...
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    New Hen House build

    Hello Everyone, After the countless hours of reading and research I knew we would need a very secure building and run to protect the hens from the abundance of local predators. So, I’ve decided to repurpose a portion of a 16’X 12’ structure that was built to house our solar inverter...
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    Automatic pop door

    Hi, I've added a few images to my profile page of the Automatic pop door I made. The only thing I still need to do is mount a cover to conceal the motor and electrical outlet. Thanks for looking. Materials: 1 Veranda .920”X5.250”X12’ plastic/wood composite decking material 1 Add-A-Motor D-20 1...
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    Hello from Witter Springs, California!

    I just wanted to take this time to say Hi and introduce myself. My name is Gerry. My wife and I live on 21+ acres in Northern California in a home that we built several years ago. We’ve been talking about building a small hen house to raise chickens as pets and for the benefit of the fresh...
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