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  1. Ridgerunner

    First Coop Build

    Permanent openings over their heads. Open year around. Openings at or below roost level in warm weather. Heat in summer is your enemy. Heat kills a lot more chickens than cold. Check this out. The lady that wrote it lived in Ontario Canada. Pat’s Big Ol' Ventilation Page...
  2. Ridgerunner

    First Coop Build

    Tongue and groove sounds expensive and a pain to work with as a liner but if you can get some for the right price they should work. You don’t want to use anything the chickens will eat so watch out for that. No Styrofoam or anything like that. I’d probably use plywood, but then I’d probably...
  3. Ridgerunner

    First Coop Build

    It’s a matter of ventilation and curing. Cedar gives off fumes that can harm chickens respiratory system. That’s why hope chests were normally built of cedar. The sealed chests would build up fumes and prevent insects from damaging the natural fibers. Cedar shavings present a large surface...
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