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I finally tried the curtains on from of their boxes and it worked! Have you noticed how chickens peck a lot when they are laying? Or at least some do. I emptied their boxes of excess bedding and timothy hay, and I think that helped too. They seem fine with pretty bare boxes. They want a dark place!

How is your coop working for you and the peeps? Do they use your stairs or just fly up to roost? That's what mine do, but they do take a midway pause. The Americana really fly high. I was thinking that you should use heavy gauge steel wire cloth. I don't think that you mentioned what you were...

Hello, My Buff Orpington hen is too dearly loved by my Buff O Roo. He is sweet, but pretty young and amorous. She has a red raw back, and some bare spots under her tail feathers. She is bald under her armpits. I have re-applied an "apron" but it just doesn't help. I have checked for mites in...

Beautiful coop and run. Is that your dog? Is s/he trained to protect but not attack? Tell us more about this. S/he looks like a border collie (?). My aussie has done very well over a period of about 3-4 months. Your coop looks great with all of the windows for ventilation and predator protection.

Great looking coop! Your nice looking flock must be very happy! What did you end up as far as the the coop measurements and their run? Thank you for sharing.

Great. Very nice looking and the window idea is just smart. Gives me some ideas. The screen doors/windows would be very adaptable to our climate. Yours looks absolutely awesome--how may chickens do you house? Please do send more pictures of inside and outside. I am in total admiration of your job.

Great run with lots of room and is very cool looking. Oh yes, love the chickens, of course.

Our chicken run is a rather large area (more like a yard) that gets good shade from a tree we planted a few years ago and a trumpet vine very close to the west side of the coop. The rest is pea gravel and sand (from a pool we put in that is no longer there). So, one of our Americaunas has a...

WOW the coop is awesome! The colors are beautiful. The front porch is great for hang'n with the peeps and access for cleaning, etc. I'm excited for you that you used a router for the windows for the first time. I think I might try to one large window (we have small one's and vents but I would...

WOW the coop is awesome! The colors are beautiful. The front porch is great for hang'n with the peeps and access for cleaning, etc. I'm excited for you that you used a router for the windows for the first time. I think I might try to incorporate one - just not sure if it is worth it. (It would...

I need to just figure out if I can reinforce the people gate enough. I figured out that if I can't, I'll have enough room to the side for the chicks only door. Also, if I remember to label it like you did, I shouldn't have any problems since chickens seem to read better than many of us. Good...

Thank you for sharing your video. You covered everything really well, and had good info about deep litter method, ventilation, water supply, and possible need for division of coop in future for new birds. Excellent planning! Did you do a lot for security mesh, like burying it against digging...

These are all very good suggestions, and I am doing many of the same things to cool down chickens and their areas. I am also putting electrolytes and ACV in their water, and probiotics in their food. If I see a chicken having a really hard time, I dunk them in a shallow container of cold water...

I love the story about how you got the wood and the history. It's priceless. You built a great coop with good ventilation, and put a lot of thought into the design. I want a chicks only door too, but I'm trying to figure out how to integrate it into the people screened door. I am still working...

Good ventilation. I love the inside-it looks like a play house.

FUN and hilarious to watch chicken TV.

FUN

Thank you for posting, Aart. I agree with others that the set up is brilliant and the design is fantastic. I am curious also about why you put HC under the vinyl. Also, did you decide on a deep litter method for the bottom of the coop? I've read that it doesn't work well unless you have a dirt...

Most of my hens have always squawked after laying and sort of purred before they lay. Yesterday, an Auracona followed the Barred Rock around while she settled in to lay. Today I had the first egg from the Auracona -- it's like she was in training with the BR to learn what to do. Pretty funny...