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looks great!

I have the same gap on my coop without any netting on it and have not had any problems with racoons - but that doesn't mean you wouldn't. Its always something that can be easily added if need be. If you have electric poultry net surrounding it my guess is that you'd be fine without it. But its...

This is what we originally wanted to do from the get go, but we don't own this house and are very thankful that this house comes with my husbands job on a farm. Thanks for the info!

This is what I was wondering, we got these deicers used from a relative. Good to know now that it was the deicer's fault rather than the fact we were using an extension chord.

this is what i used as well, works very well :D picture below

I would agree! You could also add a piece of plywood with some hinges to have the option to close it as well. I did that with mine and made it so I can actually prop it up at different levels for different amounts of air flow. Here is my coop, I used some small chain and some eye hooks so I can...

I think I would wait to do anything until it gets cold and you can gauge to see what the temperature and humidity does inside the coop- maybe get a thermometer out there? I do think I would put some dryer vents at the top of the gable ends! Link: Amazon Dryer vent and maybe close windows on...

I have never personally had my chickens be bothered with mosquitos. Are they getting regular dust bathes? Do they free range? I don't see any reason why the garlic would hurt them! :thumbsup

Goal: Bring electricity to my barn via extension chords as safely as possible (which I know is not the safest, but it's what we must do for now) Information you may need to know before I start asking my questions: Last winter we ran 2-3 extension chords from our garage to our barn. Distance...

I'd say on average chickens prefer the cups over nipples. Cups can get dirty nipples are cleaner. Mine still use nipples. Takes longer to drink and keeps them occupied lol

used dog chain link fencing?

that's a tough one on where to put the nesting boxes. If it were me I would try and make it so the boxes are being supported by the studs of the building, but actually hovering in the air lower than the concrete blocks. Does that make sense :confused: ?? Does it get cold there in the winter? If...

I'm finally building my dream chicken coop! Anyways, I don't want to stick a bunch of money into new windows so I'm making my own. Below is what I plan on doing for my windows. Hardware cloth and Plexiglas. I also included a picture of what my coop looks like now. My question is, what do you use...

I'm having the same problem with my easter egger/buff orpington mix! I've been doing research and I've found that it could be mites/lice? I personally have checked for that and see none but I'm going to treat for it just to make sure that's not the problem.

nipples are located on the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket...how many watts should be the minimum? I found a 200 and 250 watt water deicer....good reviews with lots of people putting it in their 5 gallon bucket with water. I think ill be getting this... around $30-$40

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I'm thinking about using a bird or aquarium heater in my 5 gallon nipple waterer bucket. How many watts would I need to keep the water from freezing? 80 watt? 150? I'm assuming I would need around 20-25? Would that keep it in our cold winter months?

Nolly, I've never thought of that and would have to agree. Obviously chickens have been around for ever and they never used to need all of these specific commercial "dietary needs." I'd rather my chickens be getting whole foods with less eggs then all of these other modified ingredients with...

Thank you pdirt! I figured out a portion for almost 16%! I was super excited. Right now I'm mixing it with their commercial organic feed because I know that those grains will not be quite enough. They love it! If this feed doesn't cut it, yes I will add some vitamins and minerals. Will surely be...

I would.....except I would rather not feed my chickens ingredients that i cannot pronounce. Same goes for the things I eat. Organic chicken feed is far to expensive. I have friends who feed their chickens wheat, oats, and barley. They do just fine. They also have 30 chickens.