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    Chateau Du Poulet is Almost Done Need Advice

    The two breeds are Rohde Island Reds and Easter Eggers.
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    Chateau Du Poulet is Almost Done Need Advice

    Do you think the 8X8 opening is enough or should I make it bigger? By how much?
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    Chateau Du Poulet is Almost Done Need Advice

    The nest Box. About 14" X 13" X 13". The opening is 8" X 8". I have room to enlarge the opening if it needs to be bigger. If I paint the inside of the nest box should I go white or a darker color?
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    Chateau Du Poulet is Almost Done Need Advice

    I added the roosting bars. There are three at 16" on center, 26" from the end walls, 36" from the floor and 18" from the cross ties. I will be adding more ventilation on the run side end wall. What kind of ladder should I build to access the bars? I will have three vent doors so I can...
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    Chateau Du Poulet is Almost Done Need Advice

    Boxes about 12" wide 14" deep and 14" high with removable dividing walls. I will open the soffit vents more. When I was building it in the unusual heat we had this past summer it was much cooler inside. Though there is no insulation in the walls they are sided inside so there is a good dead...
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    Chateau Du Poulet is Almost Done Need Advice

    Hi back. The power vent will be in the gable of the run side. I will add more ventilation. I also plan on a temp sensor that will transmit to the house so I can monitor it.
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    Chateau Du Poulet is Almost Done Need Advice

    The cut out for each box is 8" X 8". Each box is about 12" wide 14" deep and 14" high with removable dividing walls.
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    Chateau Du Poulet is Almost Done Need Advice

    I am in Edgewood NM, east of the Sandia Mountain and we are at 6600 FT elevation. Summers are dry and typical temps are high 80s to low 90s for the day and 60s at night. Winters daytime temps vary between 30 to 60 and nights are around 25. Temps drop fast when the sun goes down so does the...
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    Chateau Du Poulet is Almost Done Need Advice

    I did use a picture of a Carolina Coop as a guide when I drew up the plans. There are four 6x15 soffit vents, two on each side and will be installing a solar powered exhaust fan on the run side. We get a lot of wind so I am hopping that this will give proper ventilation without a draft. I...
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    Chateau Du Poulet is Almost Done Need Advice

    This has been a slow process with life and disabilities getting in the way but I am close to being done. I need advice on a few things. First, the entry hole into the nesting boxes, what is a good size? Right now they are 8"X8". I plan on having Easter Eggers and Rhode Island Reds. Second...
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    Caulk to deter mites in new wood coop?

    Would the ash from Pellet stoves and Pellet smokers work as well?
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    Hi From Edgewood NM

    Thank you everyone for your kind welcome words
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    Hi From Edgewood NM

    I am new to the forum and to backyard chickens. We live in Edgewood NM which is at about 6500' elevation just east of Albuquerque on the east side of Sandia Mountain. I am currently in the planning phase for the coop and run. For the coop we are looking at an elevated 6'X6' or 6'X8' coop...
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