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  1. Chicken6000

    1 Month Old Chickens, and I Own 3! Recommendations please! Read Description

    3 Chicks, 1 black, 1 white, and one Is bronze! Starting to think of coops and open areas for them during the day, we currently have small area for them, were set on food, water, food and dispensers. I'm just wondering what kind of coop to get, how big and what requirements. Questions 1. Are...
  2. RADK

    Two roosts - How wide should my poop board be?

    Hello all, working on the interior of my coop for my 12 BSL chicks. I am planning on doing 2 6’ long roosts, one a foot higher and a foot behind the other. I am aiming for 16” from the wall for the back roost. So 16” plus 12” plus 6” extra for in front of the front roost. All said and done...
  3. Isabella's Coop

    Isabella's Coop

    Chicken tractors are fun. As long as you have the equipment or strength to move one, they can be a really great way to move your flock around to free range or just to fence them in with fresh grass. Ours has a section in the back for feed storage and we built it on a wagon base we purchased...
  4. I

    Australorps

    hello fellow chicken keepers me and my wife have just begun our chicken keeping journey, so far we have 4 australorps and 2 geese, and we have 15 more chickens coming in june im going to attempt to build a carolina inspired coop and am a bit nervous because im a dental assistant by trade and not...
  5. themidnightmama

    Coop litter on concrete floor

    Hello! We purchased a home that has three large sheds, previously used for housing chihuahuas, which the past owners bred and raised. I am converting one shed into a chicken coop. My question is about litter options. The shed has a concrete floor. I would like to use the deep littler method but...
  6. I

    Temporary chicken gosling structure

    Hello everyone, I'm hoping to build a carolina inspired coop for my chickens 8x6hen house with an inclosed run all together 8'x30', so far we have 4 australorps and 2 gosling we have 15 more chickens on the way in June, I built this outdoor area for them temporarily while we build our new coop...
  7. C

    Show me your DIY Chicken Coops/Runs/Etc. (Please!)

    We are beginning construction of a better/larger/more quality coop for our flock and would love to see what you fine folks have built so we may pull ideas from your builds, if we may! Show off your work, please! Tell me why you built it the way you did, if it’s predator proof, what material was...
  8. M

    Need Advice - Haching Eggs 2 Ways

    First time hatching eggs. We have 11 large fowl eggs in and incubator and we have 6 large fowl eggs under our broody Silkie. We have multiple coops so we plan to let our Silkie and her chicks have a 6' x 4' coop all to themselves. I am assuming I cannot stick the other 11 chicks from the...
  9. Indio Gigante Lover

    Modifying Deer Blind for coop

    I've been slowly increasing flock size, and am needing a larger coop. I don't really have any way to personally pick up lumber, and unless you can select pieces yourselves these days, you really get a lot of crap lumber when you have store pick & deliver for you. I'm also not happy with the...
  10. C

    Wood chip mulch for run?

    Does anyone have any experience in using wood chip mulch for their chicken run? (The kind you see at playgrounds, not sure if I’m using the right name) My run is so muddy and STINKS because it’s at the bottom of a slope in my yard. I researched it online and seems safe to use, however...
  11. H

    Hello

    Just got some new chicks. My Dad alway kept them, but this is my first time. I have a used Eglu for now, that I’ll keep in a shady spot. I’m hoping to build them something more permanent by the time they get to adulthood. I’d like to build a chicken coop with 2 sides so I could move them or have...
  12. Badger Farm

    Insulating coop in a cold winter area. Yea or Nay?

    We live in NW Wisconsin, where we had over 70” of snow this winter (it’s still there, btw). With winter temps dropping to -30F air temp, we’re considering insulating our coop. The insulation would, of course, be covered with wood sheeting. Anyone have experience with this? Looking for advice...
  13. Spud40

    Bobwhite and Chukar Coops

    What do you have / wish you had in your Bobwhite and chukar flight pens? Housing / roost recommendations, plants to grow, water and food systems, etc. Currently own bobs, but chukars are still incubating (will be kept separate) Looking for your ideas! Pens coming early may! Located in South...
  14. B

    Ducks and chickens

    I have ducks and chickens and I know they say you need 4sqft for each but my question is my chickens roost up high and have a board under them to catch poop, so does this number still apply? I figured the ducks really need the floor space to nest but the chickens will be up top out of the way...
  15. indiechixor

    Requesting Big Coop Design Review!

    Here's more pictures: Dimensions are 10x12'. I currently have 8 hens, but incubating 12 eggs when they arrive in a few months. My idea is that I can keep the 2 separate flocks in the same coop. By separating the two sides with screening, and adding a gate, I can keep younger birds away from the...
  16. briannamonique16

    How many chickens can I safely fit?

    I have a 4x6 coop with an 8x6 attached run, there is space under the coop as well so technically 12ft of run “ground space”. I have 10 6 week chickens right now, two of which are silkies (all pullets). Chicken math is real and I want 5 more but do you think that would be over crowding them...
  17. piyo

    Coop Light Suggestion?

    I recently moved my chicks to the outside coop (Eglu Cube). It has only been 2 days, but they still do not know how to go back to the coop before dusk. I have been manually putting them back in the coop. I would like to try putting a light in the coop and hopefully that would help. I am looking...
  18. Lunes

    Coop setup advice! Help a first timer 😅

    Hello! I know, I know, everyone says not to buy the crappy little cheap coops online or at tractor supply and listen I totally agree with y’all, I wish I had the knowledge to build a big boy coop and I honestly might now that I’m learning so much from peoples post on here, but I tried to make do...
  19. V

    push comes to shove...

    I can build! After trying (and failing) to find someone to hire to help me build my mobile coops, I found a person nearby who cut my 2x4s in half (like what I wanted) for free. Then I asked the guy who does our lawn to help with cutting bigger pieces of wood. Getting all the wood allowed me to...
  20. M

    A Frame Duck Coop / free ranging in the suburbs

    Hey everyone! I’m going to be getting 6 runner ducklings next month, and we’re working on designing their coop now so we can start building. We’re planning on doing an A frame style duck coop - does anyone have any tips? Specifically, does anyone have an A Frame coop with a run attached...
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