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    Has anyone created a hopper window from salvaged window?

    Has anyone created a window like this? That would be flipped so that the opening is at the bottom vs the top? I believe it's called a hopper window? I've come across 3 6pane vintage windows I'd like to use for the coop build.. and doing something like this would allow me to open to vent or close...
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    Brooder size for 8?

    Looking into recommendations on what to use as a brooder for our soon to be 8 chicks.. Thought rubbermaid container? Then recently I came across a travel type pack n play on FB Marketplace... now totally unsure what to us and what size... They will be in the house for the time being until...
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    Questioning now that my coop is too small....

    I am very much in the planning phase and as I am using mainly salvaged materials I am taking an extreme amount of time to make sure nothing is wasted... To start I was planning a 6x6 coop with exterior mounted nesting boxes... Now as I am working to add in the roosts I am wondering if I have...
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    Enough ventilation? 6x6 coop

    Ventilation indicated by the orange boxed sections. 4th wall (back wall not shown) is were the perches will be so not sure if I should vent the top of that wall (would match the front facing wall with triangle) or if I should have that 1 solid wall?? 6x6 Coop. I'm in Southeast GA so we get hot...
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    How "tall" to build raised coop?

    Coop is 30" off the ground right now, Trying to figure on the side construction, was thinking 4-5ft tall making total height from ground to roof pitch about 96" (8ft)
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    Nesting box that opens from the back vs top?

    Anyone have a picture of how they did such a thing?? Coop will be raised 30" off the ground.. Roughly the full height of my 2yr old. My 4yr old will most likely want to collect eggs and help-- so I thought opening nesting boxes from the "back" of them vs something that lifts up "top" may be...
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    Rain Barrel waterer

    Would it be necessary to have the rain barrel water filtering or constantly moving to avoid being stagnant and algae growth??
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    What to use in the run?

    I am seeing that sand is a favorite to some, I am in SE Georgia, we are hot, humidity and downright swampy by August with frequent daily showers. Current coop/run area I am letting just overgrow in grass/weeds until the little ladies come and grow big enough to forage. At some point the weeds...
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    Any solar power Gurus??

    Looking to do a camera setup for the coop/run via solar as well as possibly a small fan inside the coop and automatic coop door. I know that there are solar power fans, and the autocoop door and sep cameras, but anyone know what I need to be looking into to tie this all into 1 or 2 panels...
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    Began our coop build

    This is the begin of coop for 2019. I will make edits to this post as we continue forward. Coop background: We are located in Savannah GA, this will be our first time having chickens. I have wanted them for over 15 years since I went to a ceramic studio on a farm in Michigan and was amazed by...
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    How much feed for 8hens?- Thinking of auto feeder

    Thinking of an auto feeder using the 5 galloon bucket method-- particularly if I go out of town for a week or so, trying to calculate what it would hold in lbs and how much feed on average 8 hens would go thru daily? Initially thought to make my own feed in 100lb portions, but that's proving...
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    Rain Barrel system for coop?

    Has anyone done a rain barrel system for their coop/run? Did you then filter it somehow or oxygenate it?? I am in the design phase of our future coop and considering collecting rain runoff from the run area, but unsettled of having the water sit in a rain barrel... It would then...
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    Hello from Savannah GA

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Brand new to chickens and looking forward to getting our first flock at the end of March! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 0!! But soon to be 8! (3) What breeds do you have? They will be White/Black Polish, Jersey...
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