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    Would this shed be good for 20 chickens as a coop? (actually 16 chickens but chicken math is inevitable)

    By BYC rule-of-thumb, it's ideal for 10 or fewer. Product dimensions are given as 93.7" x 63.8", and *if* those are internal then 94x64/144 = 41 s.f. Worse, I just noticed an image that indicates these dimensions are for the roof, at least the 93.7" width, which would mean the interior is...
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    Is this raccoon proof?

    I should think that covering the hole securely with hardware cloth as you have will work fine for predator proofing, and buys you some time to figure out a clever cover for when you truly need the extension cord. And now that I reread the thread I realize you are primarily worried about...
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    Is this raccoon proof?

    Where I made a hole for an extension cord, I made a plate to cover it with. For the hole like yours, I took a little piece of cut off scrap, and just in from one side I drilled a hole a bit larger than the cord itself. Then I cut from the edge of the scrap in to the hole to make a slot. (I think...
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    Problem with Nutrena Chicken Feed

    “Last seen Mar 22, 2016” The user you are addressing has not logged into this site in over nine years, so you will not get an answer from them. Perhaps someone else with experience with Blue Seal feeds will chime in. I have used them, but mostly for chick starter, and only occasionally (a bag...
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    Can I Remove a Roosting Bar?

    That's just what I did! It's worked great - I can pull them out easily when cleaning, or to discourage roosting in the summer when they go in that coop (inside the barn) to lay but I want them to overnight in an outside coop.
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    I think it must make a big difference what quality of paper is shredded and what shape the shreds are. I shred mostly corrugated cardboard plus a good amount of newspaper and grocery cardboard (cereal & pasta boxes etc.) using a heavy duty office “micro cut” crosscut shredder. As I believe I...
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    Pigeon Talk

    Cats can be so different one to the other. Some years ago one of my cats, then a young adult, got in amongst the pigeons and though when I found him he was leaving them alone, I also found one female huddled in a corner with a laceration under each wing. But the fact she was still alive (and...
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    Pigeon Talk

    That's funny, mine goes the other way: I would have 5 males and 1 female if another female that was released nearby hadn't decided to move in rather than fly home. (That was in the post I made last fall about the falconer I spotted in the field across the road from my house.) I've figured out...
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    3 Sex-links are Little Roos?

    It seems strange to me that a store would get in straight run sex link chicks, as this is exactly what you would expect to happen!
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    Renovation of Old Shed for a New Coop

    A lot of us here feel that a renovated shed makes the best coop, so you are way ahead of the game! (Me, I think a shed is the 2nd best, after a coop inside a barn like mine, since that makes it much more pleasant to deal with in cold/bad weather. 😂) @springvalley123 makes good points but they...
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    Pine pellets for coop bedding??? Does it work?? I'm curious....

    I’m afraid I really can’t say, since it is surrounded by hardware cloth and packed down pretty well by human feet as I tend to them. They do not scratch as chickens do. I will say that people using it in horse stalls are all over the place, reporting it to be anything from dust free to very...
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    Pine pellets for coop bedding??? Does it work?? I'm curious....

    If used straight out of the bag as many seem to do, it does take a lot of bags to make a thick layer. However, made into sawdust as above, they fluff up amazingly, so a half inch layer of pellets may be 2 inches deep sawdust. In my pigeon aviary I use two bags to cover 6’x16’ (96sf)...
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    Horse bedding pellets

    If you do it when the weather is dry, you won’t even notice the moisture, and it should dry out completely soon enough. And I find it is much easier to clean as sawdust than as pellets because the sawdust will filter through any sort of sifter. Of course that is more true in the cat boxes than...
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    Horse bedding pellets

    Yes, I do not like the texture straight out of the bag in a thin layer. However, I get around this by breaking it down to sawdust by slightly moistening it. For my 6’x16’ pigeon aviary I put down 2 bags which is a very thin layer but when I spray it with the garden hose and let it sit it fluffs...
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    Pigeon Talk

    It is sporadically active. I think there are several of us who get notifications (or notice in the forum listing) when there are new posts, and a few of us who will pop in with news about the pigeons in our lives.
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