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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6826922
04/02/20 11:28 AM
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Here is my coop, it's over 100 years old. I got it from my neighbor (who is 92 yrs old) and he got it from an old farmer when he was in his 20's. He told me that the farmer said he had got it from a neighboring farm, and that it had been there as long as that farmer could remember.
I had it moved from across the street and had to replace the floor. It has the original 2×8's for the floor, but I put treated plywood over them. I also added the brooder box inside. [Linked Image]
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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6826942
04/02/20 11:42 AM
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nice coop. I'd have to sell a lot of eggs to justify building something like that.

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6826971
04/02/20 12:02 PM
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DD that coop has a ton of history to it very cool keeping it real I love it.


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6826983
04/02/20 12:15 PM
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Last summers project. Wife wanted something nice that matched the house so it does! The ladies seem to like it though, they can sit inside on the rainy days and watch the day pass by.

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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6826984
04/02/20 12:15 PM
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That is awesome Ditchdiver!


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6826994
04/02/20 12:27 PM
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As stated before, plan bigger than what you think you need. I have my coop on a poured slab, it makes for easy cleaning. I use the deep litter method which allows me to only clean the coop 2x a year. I but 5 bales of pine shavings on the concrete floor, then add organic matter every week or so (hay, pine needles, etc) chickens scratch it up into a fine dust. my coop is 8x12 with an attached 600sqft enclosed run. But I free range my birds from 6am to 8pm. I only use the run for when its really bad weather or there are a lot of predators in the area.

I have several separate coops: one for layers, one for meat birds, one for young birds/breeding. I automate as much as I can to make our lives easier. Feeder holds about 120# of feed, and a 5gal water with horizontal nipples reduces the amount of time need every day in the coop. I suggest you add a "poop board" under you roost. This makes it a lot easier to clean. my meat bird coop is 14x16 with a dirt floor on 1/2. It is a lot harder to keep clean. I don't like keeping meat birds and layers together because they become bullies and "hog" the feeders. I do prefer to force my meat birds to move. I put their water on one side of the coop and feed on the other. I also run them outside in the their run at least once a day.

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inside of the coop. Concrete floors, and the area under the window is where the roost is located. the removeable poop board is being framed in.
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4 nest boxes. although they only use 2 of them for 40 chickens.
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part of the run. Post set in concrete, braced corners with aircraft cable and turn buckles to support the netting over the run. 6' welded 2x4 wire set 1' deep. heavy duty netting over the run to help keep predators out. I use the same stuff we had on the game farm raising 40,000 pheasants for the state.
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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827008
04/02/20 12:44 PM
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I really like your setup, Pintail. I would like to build my own coop, just to "make it my own", but the one I have works, has history and is better built than what I could do! Maybe I'll make a separate coop just for our meat birds....


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827171
04/02/20 03:13 PM
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I started with 2-4x4x10's and 2-4x4x8' base and went from there. I have since fenced about a 30x30 in with wire and t post to let them out in during the day so they have more room. I have had 14 at one time. Also i used an old piece of vinyl flooring for inside the coop to make it easier to clean.
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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827173
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Great advice and information. Plus the pics help a bunch. Really appreciate it!


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827243
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another question folks. Should we start with some grown laying hens or get chicks? and a rooster? We have lots of Amish and Menonites around, so I am sure I can get some established hens. And the Farm stores are full of chicks. Thanks again in advance for your opinions and info.


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827249
04/02/20 04:50 PM
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Chicks are fun, especially if you have young kids. But if you can get started layers you’ll be money ahead. No reason to feed a rooster unless you just like having them around like we do.

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827289
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Here's my coop, accommodates 6-8 chickens. It has been working well for me and them.
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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827391
04/02/20 07:01 PM
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You don't want to raise strictly meat birds with your other hens. They will eat and eat and make a mess you won't believe. You should butcher all your meat birds at the same time. If you keep them too long they will die from a heart attack OR their legs will give out the gain weight so fast. About eight or ten weeks. At six weeks old fifty meat birds will eat fifty lbs of food and ten gallons of water a DAY.

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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827487
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Bought my kid a turkey tonight hes been asking for one. Can you put a turkey in with my chickens?


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827501
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Been raising em for over 60 years.concrete floor inside coop or don't bother.thats all I got to say about that.


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827528
04/02/20 08:52 PM
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Super Great thread!!!


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827660
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Rockfarmer we'd raised chickens my whole life but about two years ago I gave all mine away to my uncle, and tgen I decided to get some more this spring so a couple weeks ago I bought 7 laying hens off a friend for $8 a piece, Rhode Island reds and golden comets and one leghorn. Then I decided to get the kids some chicks. I bought 8 Rhode Island red pullets and 4 Amerecaunas and 2 barred rocks. Unless you just want to raise your own it's definitely cheaper to just buy 1 year old hens. By the time I bought the diddles and feeder and waterer and headlamp and stuff to build them a box, I would have saved money buying hens. Lol. But the kids love the babies [Linked Image]

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: RM trapper] #6827754
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Rockfarmer we'd raised chickens my whole life but about two years ago I gave all mine away to my uncle, and tgen I decided to get some more this spring so a couple weeks ago I bought 7 laying hens off a friend for $8 a piece, Rhode Island reds and golden comets and one leghorn. Then I decided to get the kids some chicks. I bought 8 Rhode Island red pullets and 4 Amerecaunas and 2 barred rocks. Unless you just want to raise your own it's definitely cheaper to just buy 1 year old hens. By the time I bought the diddles and feeder and waterer and headlamp and stuff to build them a box, I would have saved money buying hens. Lol. But the kids love the babies [Linked Image]

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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827762
04/02/20 11:19 PM
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Definitely going to be following this thread... my family has ganged up on me and it looks like we'll be getting chickens sometime in the near future, LOL!

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6827777
04/02/20 11:35 PM
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I buy hens already laying off a local hatchery for $2.50 a piece. Getting eggs the next day. When they start to peter out, can trade them back in for a $1.00. Don't have to stick all that feed on them, pullets around here sell for higher.

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