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Velvet Sparrow posted:
Hooray!!!!
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Once on a muddy winter day I put on my nasty, ratty old yard sneakers to go out back and let the chickens out. congratulations! those are some beautiful birds
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Velvet Sparrow posted:EDIT: OMG GOONS ROCK! You know what you did...I'm funded, I'm funded!!! Huge love to you all, including the mods--but especially Tiny Myers for placing the banner ad for me! Congratulations! 🎉👏
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# ? Mar 21, 2024 12:12 |
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Anyone have a coop they would recommend for 4 chickens? Amazon reviews of every single coop seem... bleak. And every one that's listed as being appropriate for 4 chickens has review after review saying it's too small for 4. The chickens will have access to a 16x8 covered/screened in area, and my plan is to attach the coop to that area.
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# ? Mar 25, 2024 01:00 |
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Slugworth posted:Anyone have a coop they would recommend for 4 chickens? I have this one: https://www.chickencoopsdirect.com/sussex-chicken-house-with-run And we have four chickens. So far, we haven’t had any predators getting into it, and it’s quite easy to keep clean.
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# ? Mar 25, 2024 08:13 |
Has anyone tried these? https://nestera.us/pages/chicken-coops
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 12:14 |
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Nettle Soup posted:Has anyone tried these? I haven’t but there’s a YouTube channel that I like that has. https://youtu.be/1rcbHhCIO40?si=CGaocuQma64Q-Auc They breed orpingtons, so you can get an idea about how big chickens fit in there. They have mild weather though so their chickens hardly ever have to spend the day in the coop due to storms. Just looking at the coops they don’t have nearly enough ventilation for my liking, but they might be ok with a battery powered fan. Slugworth posted:Anyone have a coop they would recommend for 4 chickens? Amazon reviews of every single coop seem... bleak. And every one that's listed as being appropriate for 4 chickens has review after review saying it's too small for 4. The chickens will have access to a 16x8 covered/screened in area, and my plan is to attach the coop to that area. I have a couple of those tiny store-bought coops and my chickens don’t use them except to lay eggs in. They much prefer the converted sheds. If you can find a used shed or cheap new plastic shed that would be better than most of the coops available and you can cut in as much ventilation as you want. The rule of thumb is no less than 4sqft per chicken in the coop and no less than 10sqft per chicken in the run. I think the coop manufactures spent too much time looking at battery cages and decided their coops were way better than those so that was good enough. Coop size really depends on your climate, your breed/s, and how often you clean them so you can get by with smaller but bigger is better. Also those store bought coops don’t have enough ventilation windows. 1sqft per chicken is the gold standard. Obv if it is always windy or you add fans you can get by with less.
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