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  1. Modified 4-H Rabbit Hutch

    Modified 4-H Rabbit Hutch

    Modified 4-H Rabbit Hutch As a kid I remember different chicken accomodations but the one that worked the best was taken from a 4-H hand book on rabbitry or rabbiteering (or whatever they call it). All my dad had to do was nail a couple lug boxes at each end for egg laying, put a roost...
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    What should I put on the bottom of my run?

    We had a small raised coop inside a permanent chicken pen. We kept circulating bedding hay (cheap) in the pen. The group loved it. We lived in the Chico/Durham Ca area and we never had a muddy pen or excess dust in the summer. I have a shredder so all the straw from the pen ended up in the...
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    Coop progress...Suggestions?

    I'm not sure what a purina style coop is but I like the simplicity of your project. Most of any drawbacks I see have already been addressed (ventilation, roosts, egg laying boxes). The back opening access panel is nice. Hopefully it isn't going to be moved much (plywood adds weight). My...
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    Think like a chicken

    Thanks for the welcome. Just when you think you're an island, you're not. We too are home schooling our boys (now 8 & 9 years old). Its not an easy task compared to putting them on a bus and getting them back in the afternoon. I could be doing lots of other things around the house besides doing...
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    Think like a chicken

    I don't remember never having chickens around the house....and I'm 60 + years old. I've never been huge on using a pc, much less joining a .com thing of any kind. This is pretty much a first for me. My wife & I chose to relocate several years ago due to a job opportunity & the chickens...
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