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I live in Missouri & will not have electricity in the coop & I dont think I will be insulating it. Will my chickens be ok? We dont really get below 0 but we could go days in temps anywhere from 5-35.... Im in the process of re-drawing my coop degins to submit to the city & the bldg...

IS THIS A ROOSTER????? comb hes BIGGER than the others that are his age, they were the same size when I bought them on 3/26/10. they are 3 weeks old today he has less feathers than the the others that are his age PIC FROM 3/26/10 --- the day i bought them (hes the light yellow one in...

My cousin gave this to us for a chicken coop! he built is as a play house for his daughters who grew out of it.. what colors do you think I should plaint it? I said bright pink, hubby didnt like that too much. its 6x8 any suggestions on how to modify & secure. the door lock is just an eye...

I got them a week ago (3/26/2010) & they are in a rubbermaid tub & I see them twice a day, add food, change medicated water, clean out poopy shavings & hold each one (theres 5) for a few min & love on them. everyday they peep & run away when I go to pick them up... one is bigger than the rest &...

I just got 5 chickies & am having trouble naming them!!! Im thinking ameraucana... about a week or 2 old shes the biggest, is it just me or does she look like a roo? they said shes a pullet..... Far left, yelloow with brown/black mohawk silver laced wyandotte. farthest from food, black...

My coop: 10FT wide 12FT long Front 7FT tall Back 5FT Tall from Left to right, 3X10 Is the 'human side' 3.5 x10 is the Coop 5.5x10 is the hardware wire enclosed run (this will legally house 4 Hens.......... Illegally & Comfortably 5/6 Hens) Now, sun rises on the...

I know you said not to use cedar shavings but, what about cedar as the structure?

the hardware store suggested a Fort Knox like design to me & I dont really think it necessarry to put a MATER KEYED LOCK on it... Help! I live in a city so I do have raccoons & opossums (i have never seen any in MY yard but Im sure they are there....)

Per raising chickens for dummies per chicken you need 2-3 sq ft indoor & 3-4 sq ft outdoors a 3x7 coop provides, 3 sq ft indoor & 4 sq ft outdoor per bird. 3x3ft is 9 inside sq ft, enough to put a double hung vinyl window on the back side (the window is 32x22 so Im sure the tractor footprint...

1/4 23G 1/2 19G Galvanized, for sure, right?? Im making a 3x7x2 tractor for 3 hens THANKS!!!

Originally i was thinging a 10x12 stationary coop. Now Im thinking a tractor... how & how often do I move it around the yard so the 2 (not 4-6 chickens I was planning on) dont eat all/tear up/kill the grass???

Im turning last years garden into this years chickens coop!! But, That Means MUD!! The garden will be tilled in the next few weeks so it will be cleaned up mud---but, still mud. I know chickens will annihilate grass & muddy wet poo STINKS! Im torn. If I Sod it will cost more (I have a budget...

I had a coop design plan but now! the hubby says, "why dont we poo the coop over there instead" SO! now I need another design plan!! The new space does allow for a larger coop (not that i need a larger one bc im only ALLOWED to have 4 hens). I have been scouring the coop plan pages... I have 2...

looking for inexpensive building materials? try your local Habitat for humanity ReStore http://www.habitat.org/cd/env/restore.aspx i got all this for $15!! 31x21 single hung vinyl window, $5! 32X22 double hung vinyl window $5! 6-panel interrior door, $5!

Ok, Im building a coop *similar* to this https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=20741 see how on this one has storage on the left, well wat if on the right, I took the same amount of space & made a bunny house... & then the bunnies & chickens could be in the run together.... (my...

Ok, Im building a coop *similar* to this https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=20741 see how on this one has storage on the left, well wat if on the right, I took the same amount of space & made a bunny house... & then the bunnies & chickens could be in the run together.... (my...

I'm in the researching phase of adpoting chickens... So far Ive decided to built the coop with a run around my shed in an L shape using the back & side of the shed as sides of the coop/run. Has anyone ever seen an L shapped coop/run?? Ive scoured the internet for pics of this but nothing! I...