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  1. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Every bit of progress is exciting, isn't it?!
  2. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    You are off to a good start in that you are so willing to accept advice and help. So here is another tidbit, switch that chicken wire out for hardware cloth asap. Chicken wire will keep your chickens in but won't keep predators out. Dogs, raccoons, foxes, coyotes can tear through it. And some...
  3. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Good to know. We have a screen manufacturing company with a warehouse about 1.5 hours away from us. They had 48" x 100' rolls for $92! If they ever hike their prices, we'll have to check out amazon. But I like the idea of helping local companies too.
  4. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Depends on the guage of wire as well as the size of the hole too. The larger the gauge, the thinner and therefore, weaker the wire is. The smaller the holes, the harder it becomes to get a grip to begin destruction . smaller holes also means more welded spots in the material to create a stronger...
  5. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    This is literally what we will be doing. There is a company that makes metal rroof a specifically for this purpose.
  6. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    You'll just have to insulate well, especially in a warm or humid climate. The containers get crazy hot since they are metal. Additionally the insulation protects from humidity from the environment and from the chickens. Because the humidity will collect worse in a metal structure and causes...
  7. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    quote name="sbobier" url="/t/596294/post-your-chicken-coop-pictures-here/13050#post_16982294"] Done enough for the girls to spend the night. Still need to finish the new feed and watering systems, the nesting boxes, and paint. Even so, the girls are happy to be out if the rubbermade box. :-)...
  8. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    This is correct. In order for wind to move through, it must be replaced by more air. If there is no opening at the back of the coop, there is no way that air can move to the back of the coop where the roosts are because their is already a cushion, or pocket of air, there. The way a Woods coop...
  9. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Completely agreed. I wouldn't, for a moment, pretend to know what every single breed or situation needs. My statement was only meant to attempt to get the point across which you stated much more eleoquently than I. Assuming that respiratory problems would only exist in a coop that isnt cleaned...
  10. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Chickens maintain heat by fluffing their feathers and holding pockets of air around their bodies that act as insulation. A draft is very very different than proper ventilation. If designed correctly, you can have an immense amount of air move through a coop without having drafts that are...
  11. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Those prefab coops rarely have enough space for two chickens. Leghorns are not a small breed. You'll need about 8-12 inches of roost space per bird. On the super conservative side it is 48" for 6 birds. But that doesn't allow much room for the birds to move about on the roost as they settle in...
  12. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Bruceha2000- it's on the list of things to still tweak. I thought of it from the very beginning. But as of now, my four year old goes out with me when we do chores and if I get stuck, she is capable of opening it for me. Plus right now, the door is quite snug and needs some gentle persuasion to...
  13. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    They'll be allowed to go into the garden after the growing season is done. That way they can eat down the vegetation and turn the soil to prepare it for the next growing season. Hence the reason for two fenced garden areas. They'll alternate so they are cleaning and fertilizing one patch while...
  14. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Is it terrible that I already started the sketches and plans for our future coop (probably in 2-3 years) only a few weeks into the current build? Hahahahaha! We'll either still keep this one as a separation pen, grow out pen, brooding pen or some such. But the next one will be much larger to...
  15. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    I have only been on byc for a couple months now but there are some running jokes that I get now, which I didn't in the beginning. One being that when we mention the chicken coop being "finished" (note the quotation marks add sarcasm), we are never truly finished. BUT, we have been working on...
  16. beautifulpirate

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    When I was a teen, barely after getting my drivers permit, we took a trip to visit some family in Kansas. On the way home, my dad was exhausted and was having trouble keeping his eyes open on the long stretch of highway. I persuaded him to let me drive so he could rest. I was a good driver so it...
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