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Building a chicken coop - Instructions by Home Depot |
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By: Kathy Rayner Date: May 22, 2018, 6:33 pm |
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A simple design with apx 12 sq feet floor space to house 4 |
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standard size chickens. Step 3 of part 1 gives you an idea of |
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size (I didn't see an overall size listed - but I didn't read |
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all of the instructions). |
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http://gardenclub.homedepot.com/build-a-chicken-coop-pt-1/ |
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http://gardenclub.homedepot.com/build-a-chicken-coop-pt-2/ |
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http://gardenclub.homedepot.com/build-a-chicken-coop-pt-3/ |
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Re: Building a chicken coop - Instructions by Home Depot |
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By: Terry Prichard Date: May 23, 2018, 5:22 am |
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I see three issues with the plans that need improvement. |
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1) access for cleanup is limited to reaching through the nest |
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boxes (not ideal) or working through the ramp opening which |
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looks to be about 12-15 inches wide. |
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2) they need a night time roost or they will sit on top of the |
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nest boxes and we all know what that will lead to. |
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3) there is very limited ventilation when the ramp is closed at |
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night, easily fixed. |
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My advise is keep it simple but plan for daily maintenance. If |
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the design makes it difficult it will probably not get done as |
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often. |
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Re: Building a chicken coop - Instructions by Home Depot |
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By: Kathy Rayner Date: May 23, 2018, 12:54 pm |
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You are absolutely right! It is a pretty basic design and would |
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definitely need to be tweaked to make it viable. Could be a good |
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starting place for someone to use as a guide. Thanks for your |
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input! |
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