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Dakota8472 said:
My names Dakota and i am new here. I will go ahead and introduce myself and then go through the 7 questions for introduction. 33 yo campground maintenance worker. former navy enginemen, Love animals all my life. taken care of cows, lizards, cats dogs, snakes and turtles and fish. even a hedgehog. rats. and now chickens. lived all over the us and been to 16 country's in the service. pics of the chicks are from week 1.

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?

I goit my first chickens this year. 23 march 6 of em. and got the last two of my flock 2 days later on that friday.

(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
8

(3) What breeds do you have?
to my knowledge which is limited I have 5 silkie bantams, 1 light braham pullet, and 2 other bantams i think are chocins?

(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
so far seeing them getting to trust me and develope, and hopefully to see them running around a little bit and living their best chicken lives later in the season.

(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Gaming, reading, walking, camping, animals.

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
Just me my dog my two rats (ones neeked) and our new chicken flock. I do maintence for campgrounds. we live in Michigan.

(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community? :D
I first found this community when trying to identify the chickens i think are bantam chochins. through google.
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:welcome They are so adorable! If you have any questions feel free to ask!🐔
 
Allright phone finnaly would let me charge it. So here's where all the roosts currently are. I'm really liking the idea of the 45 degree roof on them.
 

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featherhead007 said:
Dakota, ventilation, ventilation, ventilation! Very important.
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I'll have to measure out all I have so far. A 6 inch tall strip across the front where the roof slopes by 8feet. 0-6 inches by 6 feet on both sides of the roof. Then I currently have 2 windows on the run side one in the front and 1 on non run side. Intend to cut second on non run side. Do u have a recommendation on ventilation sizes?
 
Dakota8472 said:
I'll have to measure out all I have so far. A 6 inch tall strip across the front where the roof slopes by 8feet. 0-6 inches by 6 feet on both sides of the roof. Then I currently have 2 windows on the run side one in the front and 1 on non run side. Intend to cut second on non run side. Do u have a recommendation on ventilation sizes?
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Depends on climate, summer/winter temps. And other factors. But bigger is better for ventilation when it’s hot 🥵
 
Hi, Dakota. One member here, Bob at FluffyButt Acres, talks about how he built his coop and then realized that the prevailing winds in his area did not give his chickens any cross ventilation. Think about (or use the National Weather Service notes for your area) how the winds usually blow when there are not storms. You want the chickens to get nice breezes coming through and then not to get the worst storm winds, if you can help it. You may not be able to achieve all of that, but it's worth thinking about right now since you are building.

You are doing a great job! Good luck getting your hands on some shingles. Often at Home Depot, I find they will give me shingles out of a broken package. Heh, heh.
 
DobieLover said:
Aim for 1 sq ft of permanent ventilation per bird with the ability to add (much) more for summer.
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They rarely go in the coop during the day, they get worms in the morning then terrorize all the bugs and dig holes all over the place when its hot lol. they have some great spots right now to some picnic tables under some low growing trees. If i ever have fly strike problems ill be weirded out. I think i need to down size anyway though more of my silkies are looking like boys all of a sudden..... 50/50 straight run and i seem to have gotten terrible luck. lol. 4/5 its looking like were boys. 2/2 porcelains were boys. I shouldn't gamble.
 

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