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<blockquote data-quote="inactive" data-source="post: 1890320" data-attributes="member: 7488"><p>Garand,</p><p></p><p>Very cool!</p><p></p><p>I tried a couple buckets but my hens never took to it. They just snug up on a corner of the house and bed down there for the night (except for my Rhode Islands this summer, which have been sleeping up on the roost bars at night to keep cooler).</p><p></p><p>They each have a designated corner where they sleep, but then there is a 4th spot where they all lays their eggs in the same place every days. It's pretty wild how communal they ended up.</p><p></p><p>As far as cost, I go though a $10 bag of feed every 5 weeks or so, and I am still on my original bag of pine shaving bedding (which was like $5). So the maintenance isn't too bad but I was out a fair amount for the construction of the coop. But I knew going into this I would have a pretty steep break even point; this was more an exercise for me to work on and the kids to enjoy and appreciate. Even my wife enjoys it now and the black Polish even lets her (my wife) pet her, but she's (the hen) still skittish of me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inactive, post: 1890320, member: 7488"] Garand, Very cool! I tried a couple buckets but my hens never took to it. They just snug up on a corner of the house and bed down there for the night (except for my Rhode Islands this summer, which have been sleeping up on the roost bars at night to keep cooler). They each have a designated corner where they sleep, but then there is a 4th spot where they all lays their eggs in the same place every days. It's pretty wild how communal they ended up. As far as cost, I go though a $10 bag of feed every 5 weeks or so, and I am still on my original bag of pine shaving bedding (which was like $5). So the maintenance isn't too bad but I was out a fair amount for the construction of the coop. But I knew going into this I would have a pretty steep break even point; this was more an exercise for me to work on and the kids to enjoy and appreciate. Even my wife enjoys it now and the black Polish even lets her (my wife) pet her, but she's (the hen) still skittish of me. [/QUOTE]
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