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    Wife's Christmas Present (New Coop)

    It's ready for paint and then trim. The ladys will be able to move in tomorrow once I get some bedding, a hoist for the ramp and figure out the dropping boards. There is 176" of roost and 4 nest boxes. Our plans are to have a flock of about 15. They are completely free range over 5 fenced acres...
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    Need some advice on building nest boxes

    I should finish up the 8x8 coop this week. I will start puting the tar paper and shingles down tomorrow. On the back wall we plan to hang the nest boxes outside the coop using the 16" on center 2x4 studs as the spacing for the boxes. Imagine having an open wall and building nest boxes hanging...
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    Who needs a goat when you have a chicken?

    So we took in this lovely lady (black star) about two weeks ago. After getting aclimated to her new enviroment, she is hard at work. She lays HUGE eggs, much bigger than even the xtra large eggs found at the grocery store. She lays an egg a day for 3 days then takes a day's break. Plan was to...
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    Multiple Free Range Coops

    We are thinking of having several mobile coops. The chickens will be free range. The question is, if we do this, will they go back to their respective coops or will they try to all squezze into one coop? I want mobile coops so I can pull them up to wated for clean out and pull them off into...
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    Built a Catawba Coop (pics)

    Bought the plans and built one, well two actually. A friend and I built two at the same time. I wanted to make sure we wanted chickens and the wife would not object too them. Now she is ready for a full on flock. She fell in love with the RIR and Black Star immediately. We put another RIR and...
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    Largest Coop on Skids???

    Who has the largest coop on skids? Do you have pictures? I just built a Catawba tractor for the interm but want a bigger coop soon. We have about 4 acres fenced for ranging and want a nice flock of laying hens. Plans are to build the largest coop(s) we can on 4x4x? skids so it is movable. This...
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    WTB Layers NW GA / RIR Black Star NHR

    I am in Cartersville (NW), GA and am looking for laying hens. Would like to buy hens either recently laying or due to lay. Would prefer one of each, Rhode Island Red, Black Star and New Hampshire Red. TIA Ron
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