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    perimeter of property fencing

    If you don't need predator proof fencing, 150 ft x 60 inch chicken wire 2 inch mesh is $89 a roll in tractor supply, you can fence in an area of 25'x50' with one roll, or 75'x75' with two rolls to contain the chickens!
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    Would you convert this ?

    what's the dimension?
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    Run Ideas/Free Ranging

    You have a lovely yard for your chooks to roam around! You can easily use T-posts and deer net to fence in an area, extended beyond your current run, and cover with aviary net to provide for roaming space during the day. You can even design a second lot to alternate between two areas to allow...
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    Frozen pine shavings?

    thanks for the update! the recent warm days gave us a window for coop cleaning! just replaced our beddings as well - although ours is a very small operation compared to yours. Nevertheless, chickens are happy with their bedroom service.
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    Frozen pine shavings?

    So sorry that your pine shavings bag came in wet. I'd just buy another bag and make sure it's a dry bag. Leave the wet bag to dry out in warmer weather. (I'd imagine you'll need to spread out the shavings to dry them out.)
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    Predator proofing chicken run Australia

    or male human urine will do, just saying.
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    Humidity in Brooder

    The plastic containers are all too small for our flocks (we raised a flock of 8 first time and another flock of 4 few years later) - they need space to run around. Unless you buy the big metal tub like the size they came in at Tractor Supplies, but then you are stuck with the tub! We attached...
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    Humidity in Brooder

    When we started our baby chicks, We simply use VERY large card board boxes as the brood boxes and covered the top with hardware cloth. As they grew bigger, We connected several cardboard boxes (draw a square on the sides of two boxes, about 2-3 inches from the bottom -make sure the sqaures...
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    My chicken journey and coop transformation on a budget

    Thank you for sharing your journey - your family and extended family are lovely! :thumbsup
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    Wild Bird Proofing Our Personal Coop

    Beautiful coop and enclosed run! Lucky chickens! If you throw in leaves, garden wastes, or straws into the enclosed run, they'll love to dig ad scratch around.
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    Wild Bird Proofing Our Personal Coop

    If you have leaves or garden wastes or even straws that you can throw into the coop - they'll love to dig and scratch around.
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    Another "our chickens are boycotting the coop" thread

    The dimension is essentially 3 x 4 for 6 chickens, not enough space 6 grown up chickens, and if you have any bullies in the coop, it may explain the behavior. We have plenty of space for our flock, when we adopted one 8-year old hen from our friend to integrate with our flock of 10 (1-4 year...
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    Reinforcement ideas

    Is it possible to find free pallets as reinforcement?
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    Are there any durable affordable runs online?

    For uncovered run, We use t-post driver and t-posts + fencing material of your choice, to an our extended run. Very easy and economical, easy to reconfigure as well. We also use aviary netting to keep the hawks out. And use hardware cloth as apron all around the fence.
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    New roosting behavior. Suggestions welcome

    curtains or shade cloth! easy to hang
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