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ryanandkelseydavies said:
While my wife and I were away for a week in Hawaii, my father-in-law bought 15 chicks “for his grandson”. I thought, “what a nice grandpa.”

We already had a small coop but it needed some TLC so I started researching and was quickly introduced to chicken math. I quickly learned that our little coop maxed out at 6 birds and due to the design could not be expanded.

After wearing down my wife with chicken statistics, I finally convinced her that we need to build a new coop and run from scratch and she used the opportunity to come home with 6 more chicks!

We’re in the stages of planning a 10x30 total foot print with the hen house being 10x6 and the run extending underneath it. After finding myself here at BYC several times during my research I decided to join and see if I might be able to contribute something from what we learn through this process.

I’m currently planning on 1/2 19 gauge hardware cloth for all windows and the run, polycarbonate for the windows, deep litter system on plywood that I plan on sealing with mineral oil or some such, tin roof, automatic chicken door…pretty much the YouTube/Carolina coop special.
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That's awesome, man!
Chicken math gets you right of the bat. Lol!
That's for joining BYC, and welcome! I'm looking forward to seeing you around, and your coop! :D
 

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