scrap build
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Run to Outdoor Brooder Conversion
The only accurate word to describe this build is "Rednecked" -- but that's fine because while I was born a Yankee, rural North Carolina is where I really belong. I was given a group of 4-week-old chicks who came with some equipment, including a coop that was a repurposed temporary run from...- 3KillerBs
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- 4x8 coop conversion coop outdoor brooder repurposed scrap build tractor coop
- Comments: 4
- Category: Incubators & Brooders
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Mini-Coop or Integration Pen From a Large Dog Crate
Important! This is NOT a predator-proof build and should be used only inside a secure area. The 4, month-old chicks I picked up yesterday came with a 4x8 coop, but we had to take the tarp walls off for transport and it was starting to rain when we got home so I quickly set them up in dog-crate...- 3KillerBs
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- chick housing dog crate dog crate coop integration pen scrap build small coops temporary coop
- Category: Small Coops
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Outdoor Broody Breaker
I had a hen go inconveniently broody before the new, larger coop with the built-in broody breaker was complete. Since the Little Monitor Coop is only 4x4 I could not put a wire cage inside and had to come up with something that I could put into the run. I managed to come up with a large, wire...- 3KillerBs
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- broody breaker dog crate scrap build wire crate
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- Category: Maintaining A Healthy Flock