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    Automated chicken coop door using an ESP32 chip and a cheap battery powered door.

    I looked at a bunch of automatic coop doors, and none of them met my needs. I realize this might be over some folks heads, but I thought I'd post it and maybe someone else will see it and it will inspire them to make it even better. I use a server at my house called Home Assistant...
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    Does anyone make their own suet for their chickens?

    A local meat processor sells cow fat for 50 cents a pound. I've fed my chickens some of the cheap $1 suet cakes for song birds and they really like them. Thinking about making some of my own with cow fat, meal worms, black soldier fly larvae, and sunflower seeds.
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    My chickens like sleeping up high in their coop. Should I change something here?

    I built this coop last month, and I was told that the chickens shouldn't be up high where the cross breeze is in their coop. They have roosts about 12" off the floor of their coop area, but low enough that they aren't up high where the hardware cloth is that lets air through. Kinda hard to see...
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    What are you paying for a bale of straw?

    Just curious what others are paying for a bale of straw for the coop / run. I usually buy at my local feed mill but they are $7 a bale. I saw someone on facebook marketplace selling for $4 a bale cash, thinking about going and picking up a dozen.
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    Why are people so convinced that chickens need heat?

    My mom came out this last weekend to see the chicken coop I built. I told my wife, watch, the first thing she asks about will be heat. And sure enough, it was "But won't they get cold?!" I explain that no, chickens don't need heat, its more important they have good ventilation and a dry...
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    How much ventilation is too much for coop?

    I need some input on building the coop area for my chicken mansion. You can find the build thread here - https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/building-my-first-coop-run.1645492 But I was hoping to get more replies asking a specific question in the thread title. Here is the coop area for...
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    What do you like in your quiche?

    A few weeks ago we picked up a premade quiche at Aldi on a whim, and turns out my kids LOVED it. My daughters are autistic and one of them is a picky eater and its always a pain to find new things she enjoys. Well she loved that quiche. My wife made her own, just store bought pie crust, some...
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    any cheap siding ideas for my chicken coop?

    I have a 6'x12' chicken run / coop that I need to put siding on. About 1/3rd of it is open with hardware cloth, the rest is OSB and will be covered with hardware cloth. I need to put some sort of siding on it. I need to do it on the cheap, but I'm not really sure what I can use. l can get 10'...
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    New Member. New to chickens. This is all new!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Never had them before. Never even touched one before I bought 8 on Saturday. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4 Rhode Island Red and 4 Americauna (3) What breeds do you have? See #2 (4) What are your favorite...
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