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Chicken coop owners
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Thanks guys for the feedback.
The coop section is 7x3.
Would have no problems running 4 hens.
My brother is in the process of building poorfish's Mini Cooper. Will wait, and see if I should go with a permanent coop vs tractor.
BrandonQuad Cities
"If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful." -
here's mine. 6 chickens, 1 rooster, and 8 rabbits. also solar powered.
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I'm out in the country so my coops are larger than backyard size. My year-round coop is 7x14, insulated with electricity. It's also got an attached 8x20 covered run. At present I've got 6 hens in there but I've had as many as 30. I free range them except in winter.
I had ventilation problems my first winter. Whatever you build, make sure it's "airy" but draft free. I had to cut vents in mine in sub-zero weather to fix it.
With a small amount of hens I like to use a heated pail for water instead of a heated font. I found those to freeze up where the pail doesn't. I also have lights on a timer. Right now they come on at 3:30am and turn off at 8am.
One of the best tips I received was to coat the floor with gloss oil enamel paint. It cleans up much easier when it has a coat or two of that. I got mine from the county's recycling center for free. It's nasty tan in color but it gets covered with pine shavings so I didn't care.
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my brother keeps a half dozen. no heat, no water once theres snow on the ground, hardiness zone 5b, -10f to -15f degrees southern new hampshire
fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it -
Just saw this $595 Chicken Tractor at the feed store.
Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers. -
Mickey said:Just saw this $595 Chicken Tractor at the feed store.
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I sunk six or eight fence posts and put 3/8 CDX on it for about a for by eight with a shed roof with tar paper. Six foot chicken wire for the outside and had to put a top on to keep the chickens from flying out. Once built the coop out of logs (scrap from clean up) and again chicken wire.
Electricity? Heater? These are chickens.
After the last batch was gone one sex link hen escaped. She lived in the doghouse with the dog. Go out to feed and water the dog on a very dark winter night and have something big and totally invisible fly up in your face. (For those non-chicken people, sex link hens are totally black.) It would wake me up quickly. Home grown eggs are bigger, tastier and when cracked in the skillet stand up nice and high.
Don't wash the eggs and they last longer.
The old hillbilly
Bob
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Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
BrandonQuad Cities
"If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful." -
Just remember, where there are chickens, there is chicken $hit
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XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
Tampa Bay, FL
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Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop. -
thetrim said:Just remember, where there are chickens, there is chicken $hitBrandonQuad Cities
"If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful." -
Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it -
pgprescott said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
Prices have come way down with car audio stuff. Will be nice not having cassettes.BrandonQuad Cities
"If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful." -
fishlessman said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
BrandonQuad Cities
"If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful." -
Focker said:fishlessman said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
Or is this just another hobby, which I get if that's the case...Large BGE - McDonald, PA -
RedSkip said:Focker said:fishlessman said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
Or is this just another hobby, which I get if that's the case...
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RedSkip said:Focker said:fishlessman said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
Or is this just another hobby, which I get if that's the case... -
Once it becomes to cold for them to be outside, takem to the butcherLarge and Small BGECentral, IL
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nolaegghead said:RedSkip said:Focker said:fishlessman said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
Or is this just another hobby, which I get if that's the case...Large BGE - McDonald, PA -
RedSkip said:nolaegghead said:RedSkip said:Focker said:fishlessman said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
Or is this just another hobby, which I get if that's the case...
______________________________________________I love lamp.. -
pgprescott said:RedSkip said:Focker said:fishlessman said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
Or is this just another hobby, which I get if that's the case...Large BGE - McDonald, PA -
RedSkip said:pgprescott said:RedSkip said:Focker said:fishlessman said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
Or is this just another hobby, which I get if that's the case... -
RedSkip said:Focker said:fishlessman said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
Or is this just another hobby, which I get if that's the case... -
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Focker said:pgprescott said:Focker said:Thanks again everyone, appreciate the advice.
Think I'm gunna hafta move this project back one notch, and give my Chevy the much needed Alpine and Polk treatment instead.
Help my brother build his, and take notes...and get his eggs for now. Will most definitely revisit all of this. Still undecided on free range tractor vs coop.
Prices have come way down with car audio stuff. Will be nice not having cassettes.
1 LBGE, 1 SBGE, 1 KBQ and a 26" Blackstone near Blackstone, Virginia
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