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Welcome. I'm glad you are considering building your own! If this old biddy can build coops and tractors and green house, it's well within the capabilities of any one who has the desire and motivation! You will not be at all disappointed in your end product when you compare it to a pre-fab.

I suggest that you look at the Wood's open air style coop. These things are awesome, and appropriate for any climate. Plan on AT LEAST 4 s.f./bird in your coop, and leave room for more birds.

Other things to consider: Deep litter management will make "cleaning the coop and buying shavings" a thing of the past. You can do so in both coop and run. Birds who live on deep litter have healthier immune systems, better feed conversion rates, improved viability, and they are much more content b/c they have a job to do. The greatest advantage is that you will have beautiful black fragrant compost at your disposal without having to work at it, and your coop/run will never stink.

Other topics to look at:

Fermented feed. There is a faq how and why in my signature. This will improve bird's immune systems, and your feed conversion rate.

Build your own incubator. Check out Rush Lane Poultry for his excellent how to videos.

Finally, if you put your general location in your profile, it will help folks to give climate appropriate feed back/advice.

Be sure to check out your state thread.
 
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G’Day from down under Chixenz :frow Welcome!

You might be interested in downloading this free e-book My First Year With Chickens

If you have not decided on a breed, this article may be helpful: Pickin a Chicken

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

If you would like to share Pictures and Stories of your flock when they arrive or the coop build, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out ;)

Best wishes and good luck!
 

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