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11 Best Chicken Coop Floor Materials (Cement vs. Straw vs. Woodchips!)

If you’re planning on building a new home for your chickens, understanding the best floor types for your chicken coop is essential! The best floor types help keep your hens happy, healthy, and comfortable. Choosing the best flooring for a chicken coop will also make your chicken house hygienic and easy to clean, reducing the risk …

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How to Keep Chickens Warm In Winter Without Electricity

After a surprisingly mild October, temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are now plummeting, and it’s time to start thinking about how to keep your chickens warm in winter, ideally without electricity. To keep chickens warm in winter without electricity, you can winterize the coop by moving it, adding insulation, lining nesting boxes, sealing up cracks, …

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10 Free Chicken Tractor Plans You Can Easily DIY

If you find yourself torn between keeping your beloved chickens in a coop but are nervous about letting them free-range, you should consider using a chicken tractor. Your hens will safely be able to explore new patches of ground each day while still enjoying security and shelter. Building a chicken tractor can be a fun …

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71 Practical Homesteading Skills and Ideas You Can Learn Today

Whether you’re already on a homestead or dreaming of being a homesteader, homesteading skills are invaluable – and lots of fun! They give you a real sense of accomplishment, you save money, and you’re becoming more self-reliant in the process. Jump right in with the homesteading skills on this list. I’ve mainly included practical homesteading …

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Chicken Nesting Boxes: 13 Free DIY Plans & How to Build Them

Need chicken nesting box ideas? Start here! Chickens are amazing. They provide so much and generally ask for very little. They are often a staple of any homestead, farm, ranch, or household. With a tiny space and a little effort – they can flourish. Good layers like Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, Red Stars, and Orpingtons …

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How Many Nesting Boxes Per Chicken [+ Hen Nesting Box Tips!]

If you’re new to keeping hens or want to expand your little flock, then the nesting boxes are vital. Here’s why. Hens are fussy (and fickle) creatures. And if they don’t like their nesting boxes or there aren’t enough, they will start to lay elsewhere instead! And, as someone who spent hours last year retrieving …

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My Favorite Chicken Coops from Tractor Supply

Along with the fruits and vegetables you raise in your garden, you also raise livestock that depends upon you for a safe environment. If you love chickens, in particular, you will need to find the best protective shelter for them throughout each season. The best kind of shelter for chickens in your backyard is a …

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13 Chicken Roost Ideas for Chickens Roosting In Style!

If you’re new to keeping chickens, it may surprise you to know that they don’t like to sleep on the floor. Chickens need a place to roost, relax, and feel safe at night! A place where they can sleep stress-free and where predators or pests can’t reach them. Chicken roosts are also straightforward and affordable …

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Inside 13 Amazing Chicken Coops [Pictures to Inspire + Coop Essentials]

It’s safe to say that chicken lovers can get a bit obsessive about their hens! There isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t spend a few moments watching our hens scratch about, going all misty-eyed at their adorable quirks and personalities. And when it comes to chicken coops, it seems we’re never quite …

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44 Free Chicken Coop Plans [Easy DIY Ideas You Can Actually Make!]

Can’t find the best DIY chicken coop for your flock? Then read our epic list of 44 DIY chicken coop ideas and plans!  We’re about to list some of the best DIY chicken coop plans regardless of your skill level or budget. Before we reveal the best chicken coop plans – I want to share a …

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How High Should a Chicken Fence Be to Keep Chickens In and Predators Out?

Do you want to keep your chickens safe from predators or prevent your beloved flock from escaping and wreaking havoc upon your neighbor’s lawn and garden? How high should a chicken fence be to keep your flock in and predators out? I’m naturally paranoid about predators attacking my chickens, so I say the higher and more secure the chicken fence, …

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Do Possums Eat Chickens? Here’s How to Protect Your Poultry

Whether you view the opossum as a friend or a fiend, finding one in your chicken coop is never a pleasant experience. Although the opossum is a passive animal, it’s also opportunistic and may be a danger to your smaller hens, and their eggs. First things first… What Is a Possum? “baby opossum” by foreversouls …

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How I Turned an Old Shed Into a Goat and Chicken Barn for $200

How we built our goat and chicken barn! For years my husband, Brad, and I idly dreamed about moving to the country. We wanted the space and the quiet for us, and our very active dogs. A year ago, we finally made it happen. We moved to a rather neglected, dilapidated 50-acre property and started …

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110 Funny Chicken Coop Names for Hen-Only Coops + Sign Ideas!

I have 10 gorgeous chickens, no roosters. I’ve been searching for the perfect name for the chicken coop for months so I’ve compiled this ultimate list of 105 (Edit Oct 2020: it’s now 110 thanks to you all!) names for chicken coops!  Paint these on your chicken coop sign or straight on the coop. These …

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