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Dwaskom said:
Hi Y'all glad to be here...will be nice to get some help with this new farm adventure.

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Just Ordered our Chickens today and our Amish built coop is coming tomorrow. I will be Building the run this spring.

(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
We are starting with 6 chickens that will be here in just about a week or so.

(3) What breeds do you have?

We weren't sure what breed we wanted so we got a mixture of breeds. 2 Rhode Island Reds, a White Silky, a Black Sex link and two silver laced Wyandotte's.

(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?

We have a small horse farm and want to expand into more farm animals as we love raising them.

(5) What are some of your other hobbies?

Love working on building our small 10 acre farm here in Michigan. Love riding Harley Davidsons ... and doing anything DIY.

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.

We are recently married and have three dogs and a cat. Two silly Mini Donkeys and a horse.
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Welcome to BYC!!
 
Coop was delivered today and I got it put in a semi permanent position with my tractor. It doesn’t have much for ventilation as you guys expected so I’ll have to do some slight modifications.. suggestions are welcomed.
 

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Dwaskom said:
Coop was delivered today and I got it put in a semi permanent position with my tractor. It doesn’t have much for ventilation as you guys expected so I’ll have to do some slight modifications.. suggestions are welcomed.
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See if you can get the soffit boards and upper two courses of siding off both ends then cover the openings with 1/2" hardware cloth. You can rip the removed wood to cover the edges of the HC for a cleaner look.
If you think that the gable end overhangs are too short to protect the gable ventss from wind blown rain, you can either fashion an awning out of aluminum coil stock or try to find something pre-made to use to make a baffle to protect the area.
 

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