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    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Our Coop Deville

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Here is the beast that's taken all of my free time for the last few weeks.

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Weather vane isn't here yet, but other than that I am calling it done. Linoleum floor, Hardie panels, 10 nest boxes, whole interior sealed....my wife better reward me a lot for this :D.
 
Here's the chicken door the girls will come out of. May build a solar-powered actuator to open/ close the door, but that's after I take a week off. That's not a chicken, it's a kick-me dog.

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Here's the nest box hatch from the outside, so we can get eggs without going in.

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Here's the roosting bar. We gotta figure out something to put below it to catch the chicken poop for the gardens and to sell on CL :).

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And here's the nest boxes. 10 is a bit of overkill for 30 chickens. In our other coop, we have 7 layers and two nest boxes, but they all wait to use the same box to lay in.....they're weird. You can't really tell, but it hangs from lag screws on either side so it can be taken out and sprayed down. We just gave it a couple coats of Thompson's Water Seal.

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There are a few other shots in my photobucket here. This was a plan from "Chicken Coops for Dummies" that I added some stuff to.

This is really my wife's obsession right now. She's gone and joined a forum and everything:eek:. We sell eggs, chickens we've raised, and soon we'll sell fertilized eggs and chicks of our own.
 
I must say ... any chickens that inhabit that Coop Deville will be some lucky ducks ... or clucks :D

Job very well done!
 
Dont know about "as cool as", but I do know your's was a whole lot cheaper to build.... at times I think I lost my mind when I think about all the $$$$'s that went into mine. Correction... I know I lost my mind.
 
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