Backyard Chickens (and Other Birds)

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This is a community for people who keep chickens in their back yard. This includes pets, layers, and meaties at levels that are sub-industrial. Family farms and homesteads are included.

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The Fediverse is small. There probably aren't enough people here to make up a community for every type of bird that someone might keep so for now, everyone is welcome. Bring us your ducks and geese, turkeys and quail, Guineas and Peacocks, emus and parrots. The community will be focused on chickens but until there are enough of each bird community for their own community they will find care and comfort here.

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There may be discussions of animal processing. This is part of chicken keeping. If you don't like it leave and block the community.

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Looking for some help with a reclaimed chicken coop (feddit.uk)

submitted 3 days ago by Babalugats@feddit.uk to c/backyardchickens@lemmy.ca

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I can post more detailed pictures if these are no use. A friend of a friend of a friend etc. donated me this chicken coop, but there are parts missing (that's no problem, I hope to reinforce it anyway), but I am trying to find out what parts exactly might be missing and how to assemble it correctly (manual, dimensions etc.) I think I have the basic shape of it correct - I have just used masking tape to temporarily hold it together while I figure it out. the door on the inside of the run slides open, but it can't be correct where I have it, as it blocks the sliding floor from going in. if I flip it upside down, the ramp/steps that the chickens use to get up is crazy steep, or if I flip it so that the door and the pulley thing are on the outside, then I couldn't get in to pull it open each morning..

Hopefully I've explained it well enough for people to understand.

Hopefully somebody has the manual for this it can show me what is missing from this model (egg box etc)

altr

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[–] Babalugats@feddit.uk [S] 1 point 1 day ago

That's great, thanks I think I have it now, I should be good from here on in.. 🥴 - with regards to building the coop, not sure about the rest though.. Thanks again.

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