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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6831400
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Made it for my daughter's birthday. Planter on top. [Linked Image]
Probably move it with a 2 goat hitch.

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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6831495
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She'll love that.

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6831504
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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6831507
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Nice


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6831632
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Keystone, what are the dimentions on your coop....?

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6836199
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[Linked Image]

Completed with wheels and ramp. Not sure who likes it more my daughter or her husband.


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: midlander] #6836253
04/09/20 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by midlander
Keystone, what are the dimentions on your coop....?


The building is 8x25 and the fence is 25x48 i believe.

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6836463
04/09/20 10:11 PM
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Sorry I haven't posted updates. We are almost done with walls, roof is on but needs shingles. Might get a little paint on tomorrow. Still a long way from done. Got a new puppy on Sunday. Poor guy had severe case of the worms. Been getting him healed up - he is much, much better now and severely spoiled since both my daughters showed up. Will try to post some coop pics and puppy pics tomorrow or next day. Again - thank you all for the info. It has been very, very helpful. But I am sure we will screw something up or the dog will eat the chickens! lol


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6837536
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front with oldest daughter and new farm dog -anatolian shepard pup. south side has 2 windows and vent. East side has 1 window. Adding a 10x10x10 run to the little 4x8 on the front. roughed in and a coat of primer. Will see how the next few days go.


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6837548
04/10/20 08:37 PM
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Looking good Rockfarmer.


Eh...wot?

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6962648
08/13/20 12:45 AM
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Hi, I'm new here and in the field of poultry. My first broiler chickens arrived not a long time ago, so I tried to find as much info as I coul. Maybe you lready know this but may be not smile I found out that one of the main things to do is to make a chicken coop as big and free as possibe. As an example I found this coop that will allow to keep from 8 to 10 chickens. It looks amaizing! It doesn't even looks like a coop. Also, it's better to add stability to a feeder to prevent problems or even it's better to use hanging plastic feeders. For example, I foung this buying guide for chicken feeders and wanted to get something like the third one there but people on another forum had told me that it will be very small. So I've decided to buy something plastic like the first one from the guide and later to build my own feeder. As for the food, they will need special chicken food, which is already balanced with all the vitamins and minerals they need. This is what I found out so far. :-D Do you guys agree with it?
And here are some pics of what I have so far and what I'm planning to build
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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6962756
08/13/20 08:02 AM
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[Linked Image]
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This is a simple pin to build just get treated 2x4 and rip on table saw frame the panels and put them together.


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: AlexAlex] #6962764
08/13/20 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by AlexAlex
Hi, I'm new here and in the field of poultry. My first broiler chickens arrived not a long time ago, so I tried to find as much info as I coul. Maybe you lready know this but may be not smile I found out that one of the main things to do is to make a chicken coop as big and free as possibe. As an example I found this coop that will allow to keep from 8 to 10 chickens. It looks amaizing! It doesn't even looks like a coop. Also, it's better to add stability to a feeder to prevent problems or even it's better to use hanging plastic feeders. For example, I foung this buying guide for chicken feeders and wanted to get something like the third one there but people on another forum had told me that it will be very small. So I've decided to buy something plastic like the first one from the guide and later to build my own feeder. As for the food, they will need special chicken food, which is already balanced with all the vitamins and minerals they need. This is what I found out so far. :-D Do you guys agree with it?
And here are some pics of what I have so far and what I'm planning to build
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]


I'll state the obvious, if you have broilers, then you won't need a coop with laying boxes.

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6963056
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Design your coop with ease of cleaning as the top priority. Running water is nice to have also. Eggs will take care of themselves. It only takes a few minutes to gather them, so the labor is in daily cleaning.

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: charles] #6963460
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@k snow

Oh, thanks! Haven't thought about it.

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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: AlexAlex] #6963505
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Originally Posted by AlexAlex
@k snow

Oh, thanks! Haven't thought about it.


Broilers are typically 7-9 weeks to butcher, if you feed them the right food. Giving them a lot of area to run in will slow their weight gain, as they can get more exercise.

Studies in the 50s and 60s figured out that 1.25 square feet per bird was the best for meat development, for broilers.

Broilers are a completely different game than egg birds. Broilers will eat themselves to death if you freely offer food.

Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6963629
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In the past I let my chickens free range and had some bad luck. They would go to the neighbors. One had a little dog that killed one and damaged another.

I will get some pictures to show my setup now.


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6963634
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Here's the setup I used for 24 broilers. 4 foot by 8 foot.

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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: Rockfarmer] #6963939
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This my setup with my chickens.
My coop was built by the Amish and I modified it with nest boxes and roosts
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These are my birds, Bielefelders. Too many roosters. Soon to be dinner packages.
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The smaller fenced area was for the chicks when up to 7-8 weeks old. Then an extended fence area for a couple of weeks. Then wide open.
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I use a solar fence charging system. The fence is a 4 ft. high styrene fence zip locked to steel stakes & bottom stakes. 300 feet around. No overhead cover.
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They pretty much stay close to the coop area. Sometimes wandering. Not like the last ones I had.


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Re: Chicken coop help [Re: k snow] #6967343
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Originally Posted by k snow
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@k snow

Oh, thanks! Haven't thought about it.


Broilers are typically 7-9 weeks to butcher, if you feed them the right food. Giving them a lot of area to run in will slow their weight gain, as they can get more exercise.

Studies in the 50s and 60s figured out that 1.25 square feet per bird was the best for meat development, for broilers.

Broilers are a completely different game than egg birds. Broilers will eat themselves to death if you freely offer food.


shocked Didn't know about that. Thanks for info!


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