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    Tractor Design feedback

    Hi all , I am considering building a chicken tractor for 5 chickens. This needs to be something that I can move by myself. I will be putting it inside an electric web netting fence... I will only use during the day. However it gets shady fast here / overcast and I hear owls out sometimes...
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    landscape planning - Apple trees and coop location

    Hi - I visited a farm that had apple trees next to their chicken run.. it was supposed to be good for worms and the chickens loved the apples. But I just read a pamplet that said to not plant apple trees near your coop because of bears.. I wanted to make my coop area attractive and shady and...
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    Coop design question - space

    Hi, Got another coop design question. Im having a bit of difficulty understanding what is going on inside of a chicken coop. It seems that there are nesting boxes right above the floor area so that a chicken can walk inside the nesting box. Then it seems that there are roosts 18" or higher...
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    Wood for coop

    Hi, I was planning to make my coop out of OSB zip panels (they sort of like plywood - made of glued chucks of wood on one side and has a waterproof coating on the other ) as I have them on hand from building a house. However I have been reading some posts that chickens can peck the walls of...
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    Staggering purchase of chicks.

    I am planning to purchase chickens for the first time and want to understand how best to extend my egg production. They will be pet chickens as I know I will be attached to them. But also want at least 1-2 eggs a day - but understand that the egg production slows as they age. I was originally...
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    Insulating a chicken coop

    Hi, I am looking at a chicken coop design and the author said that you might want to insulate it the coop but didn't detail how to do so. I am wondering if insulating a coop is a good idea and if anyone has done so? I live in Vermont - so it seems a good place to insulate a coop if it is necc...
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    Rototilling Chicken Service

    Hi, I am creating a new veggie garden from scratch on my land in Vermont. This land has not had anything built on it - so my staked veggie garden area is grassy, mossy, anty. I am wondering if chickens set loose on the area in a chicken tractor would tear up the grass and aerate the soil or...
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    Timing for moving young chickens into the coop for the first time..

    Hi, I am thinking about getting chickens this spring and want to talk to someone about the timing and how raising them works in terms of when they are ready to move into their coop. I have a book with a whole time line etc - but not sure when they are fully feathered enough to keep themselves...
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    Coop Design Points for Chicken Health

    Hi, I am new to chickens and want to build a coop before they arrive. I am in VT - so it will need to accommodate weather. I will have hardy chickens. And I noticed that a neighbor has a coop like the traditional one in the link below and her chickens are fine. I have a background in...
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    new member intro

    Hi, I'm Kate and I'm a new member. I am new to the world or chickens and reading up as much as I can before getting my own in six months. Any good recommendations are welcome! Thank you! _Kate
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