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03/18/15 01:41 PM
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Bulldawg
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Anyone have any plans for a chicken coop? I was given 4 chickens this week and I plan on getting about 4 more.
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Re: Chicken Coop
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03/18/15 02:10 PM
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Re: Chicken Coop
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03/18/15 05:18 PM
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Re: Chicken Coop
[Re: Bulldawg]
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03/18/15 05:32 PM
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Yep thats a nice one. I built one too but the thread is over a year old and cant find it
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Re: Chicken Coop
[Re: Bulldawg]
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03/18/15 05:37 PM
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Went 4x8, to reduce material cost. I made the bottom half open wire, so they can peck about with the door closed. Top half is closed, with windows on three walls. Tin roof, and covered with cedar planks. Having the coop up a bit off the ground is key. Neighbors with theirs on the ground have had rat problems, but we haven't. YMMV.  Adult beverage holder is mandatory...
Last edited by WhoDat; 03/18/15 05:40 PM.
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Re: Chicken Coop
[Re: Bulldawg]
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03/18/15 05:58 PM
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Best piece of advice I'd give is to keep telling yourself "it's just a chicken coop", as you buy materials and start building it. It's easy to get caught up in the process and let material cost and time spent get way out of hand.
Some of the coolest coops I've seen were made with miscellaneous leftovers.
Last edited by WhoDat; 03/18/15 05:59 PM.
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Re: Chicken Coop
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03/18/15 09:09 PM
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Ive got a big coop but my chickens spend 90% of their time crapping on my back porch
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Re: Chicken Coop
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03/18/15 09:18 PM
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Ha! That was the case with ours as well. A couple years ago, I bought some cheap plastic netting, to add two feet to our inner fence. Now the hens mostly stay in the outer yard, and our porch is poop free. But the woman was just asking me when I was gunna' get around to making our "temporary" fix permanent. Ive got a big coop but my chickens spend 90% of their time crapping on my back porch
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Re: Chicken Coop
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03/18/15 10:13 PM
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is it bad that I looked at my ac unit outside and thought to myself "ya know couple feet of chicken wire and that'd be a good coop"
i am cancelling my subscription, i am tired of your issues!
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Re: Chicken Coop
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03/21/15 06:17 PM
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