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OlympicChick
🌞East of the Sun and West of the Moon🌝
The coop is done and the "bigs" (still pullets) are in. I reinforced the hardware cloth seems with strips of hardware cloth and reinforced all attachments with the stainless steel zip ties. The jclips turned out to be completely useless and a waste of money. The tool that closes them up does not fit into 1/2" hardware cloth. Stainless zips are the way to go. I covered half the coop with a tarp and the other half is covered in translucent plastic sheeting. The deep litter is done and now all I should have to do is maintain. One of my birds died a few days ago for no apparent reason (found her dead where they've been sleeping in the morning), which is a bummer as she was one of my egg layers (a buff brahma) and one of the more friendly chicks. I have them all on Corid right now just in case. Figures. I have them in the house for nearly two months and they are fine. Put them all outside and *blammo*. Sigh. I didn't do a necropsy and am just hoping it was a rogue staple or something. Everyone is fine and they all seem very happy in their new digs.
