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Welcome to BYC! If you're just starting out, make sure to double check the dimensions of your coop compared to the size of chickens you're planning to raise. A lot of coop manufactures have a bad habit of sizing coops and runs for the bare minimum of small/medium chickens, not medium/large breed ones.
 
Stravager said:
Welcome to BYC! If you're just starting out, make sure to double check the dimensions of your coop compared to the size of chickens you're planning to raise. A lot of coop manufactures have a bad habit of sizing coops and runs for the bare minimum of small/medium chickens, not medium/large breed ones.
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Thanks for the tip!
 
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Welcome. Most of us here, do not buy coops made by companies. There are many reasons; size, safety, durability, ventilation, ease of cleaning. If we cannot build, we convert sheds. You will want both a coop and a run that you can walk into. The coops I see from the company you are planning to buy from, has runs that are too short. Also, I cannot see well enough to know if it is covered with 1/2 inch hardware cloth, but that is what you need, and you need an apron around everything (this is when you attach the hardware cloth to the bottom and run it along the ground 18-24 inches and cover with dirt or rocks) to protect from digging predators. Space is very important both in the coop and run...it minimizing many issues, injuries, fighting, boredom, and diseases.
 

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