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<chuckle> Yelp, gotta get started somewhere. I guess the stakes are a good spot to start at.<grin> Your comment about "what do I do now" reminds me of the other night when I was at LOWE'S. I finally sat down on a pallet in the middle of the lumber department and just stared at the 2x6's and...

Quote: Hmmm, good thoughts. There are lots of poultry farms around here...broiler houses, layer houses, breeder houses.... My cousin has 5 broiler houses and they have curtains down the sides of them to go up and down as weather dictates. Of course his (and most of the other folk's)...

Quote: Howdy Jeff. When you mentioned keeping it oriented at right angles to the bad weather I kinda figured you must have had a portable coop. Sounds like a nice setup! I'm still undecided on orientation on my fixed position house....somewhere between south and east. I'm still pondering...

Quote: Thanks for the description of your coop, ddawn. Interesting use of the area above your walls. I'm glad you mentioned the issue of rain blowing in...that has been bugging the stew out of me. I'm thinking of extending the roof on out a bit but the problem with the monitor type house...

Quote: Thanks for the reply, Jeff. Needless to say...I've got a couple of questions. How did you floor your coop? ...wood, cement, dirt???? Are you using the DLM? In your orientation, you mentioned that you lower the windows (windows being plural) for bad weather.....did you install more...

Quote: Interesting point. I'm definitely going to raise it a foot...maybe a foot and a half. I'm six foot and could use a little extra room. Ed

Quote: Yelp, decidious trees will help...I'm still studying my options on placing the house in regards to already established trees. Only problem is that the plans are to incorporate a large piece of the pasture behind the house as a run. Doing this actually moves the house away from the...

Quote: Thanks for the reply, pkeeler. I agree with the larger house appearing to have better ventilation. I don't won't to re-design Woods house, if you know what I mean, but I think the taller walls will work fine. After thinking about it, in using the DLM I will literally be raising the...

Well, I've "about" decided on going with something closely following P.T. Woods design of his scaled down 10x16 colony house. For anyone not familiar with Woods, he was a poultry guy back in the late 1800's/early 1900's that did a lot of experimenting and building of poultry housing. His...