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  1. Spolik

    coop redo

    So we finally have the coop and run finished .used chain link fence with 1 1/2 inch holes. Dug down 12inchs around barn and run fence goes done to bottom and back filled with big rocks and dirt. The chickens seem happen in there and we put the chicken tractor beside the run so they can all...
  2. Spolik

    coop redo

    Got the actual coop outside done. Have rocks all around and doe a foot to help from being able to dig underneath. Installed new doors. One with a window and other has an opening with 1/2square welded wire for more air flow. Now we are onto the inside making perches and roost boxes. And still...
  3. Spolik

    coop redo

    thanks , i was unaware that the run would require more space, so we plan on making the 8x10run with the full roof,(keep the snow out in the winter) and will add aonther run maybe 10x10 off the main run. we have lots of room to make a run as large as we need, just te price of the fencing is...
  4. Spolik

    coop redo

    thanks , i was unaware that the run would require more space, so we plan on making the 8x10run with the full roof,(keep the snow out in the winter) and will add aonther run maybe 10x10 off the main run. we have lots of room to make a run as large as we need, just te price of the fencing is...
  5. Spolik

    coop redo

    thanks , i was unaware that the run would require more space, so we plan on making the 8x10run with the full roof,(keep the snow out in the winter) and will add aonther run maybe 10x10 off the main run. we have lots of room to make a run as large as we need, just te price of the fencing is...
  6. Spolik

    Canadians check in here....

    yes we have 2 hens and one rooster,(sadly we lost 4 hens to a raccoon). we are redoing the coop and run, we hatched one egg from the lost ones, (sadly only one hatched from the eight eggs we had) so we bought 6 more so the single one wouldn't be lonely.
  7. Spolik

    coop redo

    Thanks.. I believe I have it set now.
  8. Spolik

    coop redo

    the shed has all new boards covering the outside the osb on the bottom is down into the ground 12inch and going to have rocks and wire to help from digging under. the doors are getting replaced, and has new roofing, im hoping it will last another 25years,
  9. Spolik

    coop redo

    so we decided to move our coop to newer location in the yard and reboard it as the shed is prob 30+years old, plan on placing big rocks around the bottom and putting wire on the corners then backfilling with dirt, the shed is 8x8 and from reading they say u need 2sq ft per bird, having 64 sqft...
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    Canadians check in here....

    Hello we are from Saint John New Brunswick Canada. There are a lot of people around here starting to raise chickens. We have 20acres so we have enough land for chickens and other animals..
  11. Spolik

    Guessing at gender

    Thanks. That what we where thinking ..regardless of what they are. We are keeping them .
  12. Spolik

    Guessing at gender

    we are still excited with our little ones.. the chicks we bought were unsexed. From reading numerous sites. Can I assume that this little one might be a rooster from the way the tail is pointing up?
  13. Spolik

    Newbie chicken owners

    Agreed,which is one of the questions we had. We have 7 chicks in the brooder. The rooster and 2hens are in the chicken tractor we made. And the main coop is being redone now.. but once the coop is done. We were wondering how to introduce the new flock to the 3 we have? Should we have the new...
  14. Spolik

    Newbie chicken owners

    Yes we moved it and are predator proofing it. I have reboarded the barn and dug down a foot around it and put boards down under to stop anything from digging under.putting larger rocks in the hole around it to help stop from digging under. In the run I am installing 1/2inch open chain link fence...
  15. Spolik

    Newbie chicken owners

    Hello. From Maritimes Canada. We owned 6hens and one rooster. 4 were just killed by raccoon. We have relocated the racoon and moved the coop to a new spot. We tried to incubate eggs from our killed hen's. We only had one hatch. So we bought 6 more so she wouldn't be lonely. I will have lots...
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