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    We'll be building our first chicken coop soon, and I'll post my plans and ask for all the advice I can get before I make the first purchase of lumber. For now, here's what our back yard looks like. We have about one acre, most of which is deciduous forest. Here's a shot of our back yard, which...
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    Noob from Nerdwood

    Thanks everyone!!!
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    Noob from Nerdwood

    OMG... there's so many from Ohio. Thanks 4H, I've posted in that thread now. I tried reading it, but I fell asleep twice. \\o/
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    OHio ~ Come on Buckeyes, let me know your out there!

    I'm in Norwood, which is a city of about 20,000 completely surrounded by Cincinnati... "HEY, fellow Buckeyes!"
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    Can anyone id these tracks

    Raccoons have very narrow tracks, very similar to a cat... those look like Fisher Cat tracks to me. I've seen them in our neighborhood, as well as all of the other predators listed on BackYardChickens.com's PREDATOR PAGE ( https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-predators.html ) with the exception...
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    Coop plans

    I should make a confession here: eleven years ago, when we bought our current home, there were seven railroad ties in our yard that the former homeowner admitted to having stolen from the tracks which border our property. I laid them in our hillside, to make steps leading to the yard. The fact...
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    My art and intro

    Very beautiful sketches, and your watercolors are wonderful. You should concentrate on your artistic talent and forget about sewing. You're a natural!!!
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    Coop plans

    Quote: There's plenty of controversy... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=216786 https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4794169 https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=395211...
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    Coop plans

    I not only don't want creosote in my watershed, in addition I certainly don't want motor oil in it; whether I believe my chickens will ever ingest any or not. I'd make sure to use environmentally safe chemicals if I were to use any preservative on my wood construction. I'd much rather use...
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    Coop plans

    perchie.girl : Or Pressure treated wood for surfaces that touch the ground. I read on BackyardChickens.com this morning that you're not supposed to use pressure treated (at least the toxic type) around livestock, especially chickens, who like to peck at and try to eat just about anything. Now...
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    Shipment of chicks ... problem!

    There's nothing short of fencing our yard and having a dog out there running loose that would keep the varmints out of our yard. We have foxes, coyotes, raccoons, hawks, snakes, rats and many others; due to living next to about twenty acres of un-cut forest.
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    Shipment of chicks ... problem!

    Personally, I'd rather leave them for the varmints to dispose of (probably the foxes in our neighborhood). I hate contributing to the local dump. It's a veritable mountain of trash on what used to be a really beautiful valley.
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    Noob from Nerdwood

    If we do lose a chicken, it will most likely be to a raccoon, coyote or Red Fox; those are the varmints I'm most concerned about. I'm definitely going to have the chickens fully enclosed, but need to secure all forms of entry, so I'm reading what others have done and what works before I start...
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    Shipment of chicks ... problem!

    Quote: ========= Well... the trash goes out on Monday so ... ETA: what do other people do? My daughter has lost two fish, and each time made me hold a funeral service for them. Don't know what she'll do if we lose a chick.
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    Shipment of chicks ... problem!

    That's so sad. Sorry for your loss. When will the funeral be?
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    Coop plans

    Quote: Good question. I wonder what others use. I was planning on using some white translucent fiberglass undulated sheathing (don't know what else to call it) for skylights on my coop roof. Don't want to run a light except for heat, if I don't have to. Example...
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    Shipment of chicks ... problem!

    Quote: \\o/ Me too! I'm on the edge of my seat here!
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    Shipment of chicks ... problem!

    Oh great, now this is all I'm going to be able to think about, all day. Please post the results!!!
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