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    Built this16x8ft coop and run out of steel tubing and cement boards.

    I had a chance to measure. That gap is nearly 4 inches and is 360 degrees along the roof, the width of a 2x4. That with the door and the fan pulling cool air from underneath should be ok. I think I may add a second fan vent in the floor though because I noticed that above it is the spots they...
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    Built this16x8ft coop and run out of steel tubing and cement boards.

    I didn't originally intend on using it, but it was on sale. I didn't realize how heavy it was going to make it though. The whole coop easily weighs an extra 500lbs more than I intended it to weigh. But on the positive side it won't get blown away in a storm.
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    Built this16x8ft coop and run out of steel tubing and cement boards.

    You can't see it in this photo but it has a 2 inch mesh covered vent strip that goes all the way around the roof and in the floor there is a 16X8 inch vent with a fan forcing cool air in from underneath. Plus the door the chickens use is a repurposed gas grill grate that raises when I lower the...
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    Built this16x8ft coop and run out of steel tubing and cement boards.

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    Is this too good to be true?

    We aren't allowed to have roosters where I live. I actually have twice as many chickens as I'm supposed to have. But my next door neighbor will legally claim half of them if need be. Update he crowed a little Monday morning and I repeated the process of chasing him every time he did. So he...
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    Is this too good to be true?

    The morning my rooster first started to crow I chased him as soon as he started. The third time he tried the hens started chasing him too and he stopped trying and hasn't crowed a single time since. Can I expect this to last forever or will he start up again soon. It was last Saturday, so it's...
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    Hen tucks head under other chickens

    My LBs do this to my Orpingtons and the Orpingtons do not like it. They end up being fairly abusive trying to get the LBs to stop.There is plenty of room on the roost and yet all the hens cram together into a pile at one end of it. They've done it every night since I finished building the coop...
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    Runaway or driven out?

    I have a weird problem I'm trying to understand. I had six hens, 3 CLB and 3 lavender Orpingtons. A little over a month ago a stray dog killed my favorite, one of the CLB. So I went and got another one that looked just like her and two blue laced red Wyandotes. I am fairly certain that one of...
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    City Issued a Citation and claims we aren’t allowed to have chickens due to neighbor’s complaint. What are my options?

    If your chickens are for eggs and you address the rat problem (which they can't prove you are the cause of and not a victim of) I doubt the city can force you to get rid of your chickens. Often times they have ordinances in cities that violate your state or national rights. All you need to do is...
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    having to clean poop off little chick every day

    It sounds dehydrated, watch it for a while and see if it is drinking with the other chicks. They tend to all do the same thing usually. What I do to make sure my chicks don't get dehydrated is I mix a little bit of water in with their crumbles several times a day and they LOVE it. They start...
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    Chickens randomly dying

    Maybe you have too many roosters and not enough hens, that can really exhaust them from what I've read. Roosters are rough on the hens. Might try separating them if you can. Also check and see if something is trying to break into the hen house at night, if there are racoons or something climbing...
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    City Issued a Citation and claims we aren’t allowed to have chickens due to neighbor’s complaint. What are my options?

    There are breeds of dogs that are specifically meant to hunt and kill rats. Jack Russel terriers will chase rats around for days. They used to open up the sewer, throw a few of those dogs in and then go to other end of the pipe and those dogs would shred every rat in there. They are so high...
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    It finally happened.

    I thought about it but what I did is probably equally as much. Although I don't see how it could be, something came onto my property and started killing things. But I have a feeling if I did pursue anything with the dog owner it would be pointless or detrimental. The contractor through in some...
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    It finally happened.

    In late January we had a chimney fire. They are making great progress repairing it but in the meantime they rented us a house about 15 minutes away that is actually really nice with a pool and the kids are happy and everything. But I have to drive over every morning and let the chickens out and...
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    Rent a rooster.

    Ok so nobody does this because there's no way around the obvious drawback. Has anyone ever figured out how to get a rooster to not crow? What if you spray them with the water hose every time they do? Will they learn and stop doing it? I taught the cat not to shred the curtains like that...
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