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Yeah. Pretty similar. I'm going to have a permanent roof on the nesting boxes and will access the eggs by dropping the vertical surface. The floor surface inside the nesting boxes is also all the same level with no lip on the outward facing edge. WIth this set up I'll be able to just drop...

Wonder if a mixing auger in a drill would help mix in a time pinch.

One post: "We used it over a OSB flooring and when it dried it was sharp so we put a cheap vinyl flooring over it. We also used it on our roost boards and the same thing happen. We had to sand them down really well and paint over it due to it lifting all the splinters. I didn't want them to...

Would be a heck of a lot cheaper than spraying bed liner. Application would be a bit more tedious, and final product not quite as tough, though. however, I'm not sure how well the bed liner I sprayed Jeep with will bond to wood.

My posts in the ground are treated. My 2 x 6 joists that are a couple feet of the ground are treated. The exposed frame of my nesting box is treated. The portions of windows and doors that are exposed to air are treated. Every surface that a chicken will be on and all the other studs are not...

Kinda late now. The are complete and installed. The opening is 10"... and actually, I remeasured it each one is more like 10.5 - 10.75, and the measurement once inside the box is more like 11+. Probably not ideal, but it should work. When I look at it, they appear sufficient, but research...

Everything I read said to go with untreated for the bird's safety. Should I not have used that? I would have much preferred treated. I already have a little delamination going on from the rain we've been having. Had really wanted to get the roof on this past weekend, but I ran short on time.

Gotcha. I think I like the idea of vinyl. Why must something be laid down? I guess to keep all the droppings from leeching into the untreated wood and leading to rot, stink and ultimately health concerns? I have 12" of over hang on three sides of the house. Will run my decking a couple...

Right now the floor is 5/8 untreated plywood. My thought has been to leave it like it is. What's the consensus on that? I see where some folks will lay vinyl down... ???? Pros and cons? Roof will be 5/8 plywood decking and then metal.

Cackle hatchery has a 15 assortment of multicolored layers. They typically ship 17 or 18. Playing this to mail order those and raise them in the garage.

Nesting box on the house. Looks good. Not sure what your average chicken weighs, but these boxes solid enough for several pterodactyl.

I'm going to have about a 500-foot run for them. Our backyard is fenced in and probably half an acre. They will have access to that while we're home on the weekends and what not.

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For sure. Made some big changes yesterday. Last weekend some mistakes were made with framing... Combination of fatigue and cold beers. Set me back a day. Also doing this solo with a little help from father in-law who is without a doubt amazing for his age, but some things can be a...

Starting with 15 birds. Who knows what's next.

I stuck with it. 10" entry.

Okay. Each entry is actually 10 and 5/8. It looks okay to the eye, but research freak me out a little bit.

Do I need to start over? I'm not sure how this happened. Five of them for 15 hens in 8x8 coop.