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  1. eksulli

    Chicken Ordinance, UGH!

    I actually decided to move the coop to the area of my yard I found that allows me to stay within the ordinance, and I also decided to try quail first, they take up less room and I easily picked up about 17 of the little buggers! Still working out coop design, but I have a few weeks before it'll...
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    Peepers!

    Chicks are growing like MAD! They're doing fantastic, and other than one getting out and running a muck during dog duty in the morning (it "chased"/follow the dogs) resulting in my husband and I belly laughing, life is good! I've been making them an apple/chick feed mash that they adore. They're...
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    Peepers!

    No no no, that was miss read. Have the whole roof open, like a door, on hinges.
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    Peepers!

    Good call! I was hoping to be able to access it from all sides and have multiple access points, maybe just have the whole roof open. Good food for thought!
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    Peepers!

    I've gotten some Jumbo Brown Coturnix Quail, 16, to be exact. Right now they are in my living room under a heat lamp in a long plastic tote. Soon they'll need something different, boy can they jump! lol! Nothing prepared me for how stinkin cute these "fellas" are. Holy wow! It's like spring, the...
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    I read the Muddy Run article, which is why I realized that I may have a problem. Will go read it again ;) The area that I putting the pen is a through area for water, it doesn't generally stay there but when it's wet it definitely goes through the area. That's why I wanted to raise the entire...
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    The pen needs to be raised off the ground, because we have a natural spring that runs through our yard and in the early spring we turn into a swamp. We've dug drainage and run pipe all throughout our yard and regraded almost the whole thing, to divert water from under the house AND attempt to...
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    Here is a new rough sketch-up of the sideways coop. I haven't gotten all the measurements in, or even figured up, but I finally got my computer back online and couldn't wait until tomorrow to throw it on here ;) I really appreciate all the awesome input!
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    Ok so now, the entire pen would have to be 4 to 6" off the ground, with the coop part being 2.5 to 3' off the ground. The entire pen size is the 10' x 6' or 12' x 6' with the coop being somewhere around 6' x 3'.
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    That's awesome! I guess that's true, about all the bird that winter over! So what are some instances where you don't let your chickens out?
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    Yes, thank your for for clearing up COOP, PEN, "run", I didn't know what was what. They will always have to be in the pen, no free ranging allowed, which is why I am going to make some sort of tractor to move them about the yard in a bit. They will be in the coop only at night and when the...
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    No that's wonderful! I appreciate all the input, even the wordy one ;) I never thought of sloping it to the side, that would make more sense. Ideally the base will end up being something like 6" off the ground, because we have swamp issues here anyway; I was thinking about maybe then moving...
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    Awesome! Thanks!
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    It will most definitely have a roof over the entire coop, I guess I wasn't sure how small of a coop chickens could stand being cooped in during times they can't be let out in the run. We get some interesting weather here ;)
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    Ok, so everything in the light blueish color would be coop/nest area, the rest would all be run area. That was my original thought anyway, it just wasn't very clear, not that a stick figure really can be. lol.
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    That's what I figured! Originally I only wanted 4 - 6 birds anyway, so I'm really just happy that I've got room to do that! I don't want to make a huge interior coop, most of it I'd like to be run area, but with the winters being so nasty, I want to make sure that I can get them in an leave them...
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    It could run toward the house more salt and pepper, but I am standing INSIDE the house (sliding glass door) taking this picture, so I may have another 3' (ish), if I take it all the way to the house!
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    Those are going to be a HUGE help! Thanks
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    Here is a TERRIBLE picture of where the chicken coop will end up being. That would be a 10' long coop. I have neighbors on every side, two in the back as a matter of fact. The bunny hutch you see is about 5' tall and about 4' long and 2' deep, not that my drawing is any help, lol. Oh you know.
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    Sooo many question (Not sure where to put them)!

    Thanks for the tips! I would like to build something similiar to this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/wichita-cabin-coop Due to town ordinances, the place it has to be it could not feasibly be any wider than 6', but four might work, I'd prefer to give them as much run room as I can though...
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