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12 Pita Pintas, 6 mottled red, and 6 mottled black

Brooder is ready to go, coop is set. Nervous and excited. This is our first go-around with fowl.

12 Pita Pintas, 6 mottled red, and 6 mottled black Brooder is ready to go, coop is set. Nervous and excited. This is our first go-around with fowl.

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Coons (the animal ones) will reach right thru chicken wire and grab them and eat them alive without getting them through the chicken wire.

[–] • 2 pts

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We’ve set up the

Plan on moving it around the walnut orchard (about an acre), and will reinforce the sides with chicken wire that will extend from the bottom portion of the sides out in the hopes of preventing digging creature. Also plan to get game cameras and set them up to monitor and learn. Unfortunately, we have possum, skunk, fox, gopher, coyote, etc. we are fenced on the property with a pack of dogs, so keeping food gets crossed.

[–] • 1 pt

Sounds like you're on top of it then, good luck!

[–] • 0 pt

I'm interested in hearing more about Alumicoop. I appreciate the link. What were the factor(s) driving the decision on that specific product? I setup for our birds, and while inexpensive to setup and spacious, there are some long term drawbacks so I'm always keeping my eyes open for options to consider.

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> I'm interested in hearing more about Alumicoop. I appreciate the link. What were the factor(s) driving the decision on that specific product? I setup PVC geodesic domes (ziptiedomes.com) for our birds, and while inexpensive to setup and spacious, there are some long term drawbacks so I'm always keeping my eyes open for options to consider. >>

The factors driving the decision, as we did look at the geodisks, as well, were durability (we have a pack of dogs and some of them are incorrigible when it comes to wildlife lol) and other wildlife that loves chickens, the idea that it has no floor and sits right on the earth, and the ability to move it around. It was, however, not cheap. We are likely going to pick up another coop from for a rooster with some (hopefully) broody hens. We’d like to be able to have multiple generations of chickens from our own stock.