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John

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coops for extra cocks
« on: March 14, 2014, 06:57:04 PM »
A few weeks ago I built an 8' long, 6 section, coop to house extra cocks.  Generally twice a week a one cock will be moved from the breeding pen to one of these small coops, while the other takes his turn with the hens.
This was a fairly simple design, with partitions extended between the coops to avoid fighting.  The "warm" LED lights are on for 16 hours/day for all the breeders...hens & cocks.

Mike Gilbert

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Re: coops for extra cocks
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2014, 08:33:28 PM »
  It looks like the front's fold down for access?    Looks like a convenient setup.   My extra roosters run together in the pole barn deer pen in the winter, but I'll either have to get rid of a bunch of them or do something similar this spring, as I'll need the space for growing out my new large fowl crop.

Jeffery and Cheryl Vance

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Re: coops for extra cocks
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2014, 10:10:37 PM »
John what are u using for latches on top? This is very creative, looks like u move the 2x on the bottom and top so there were no waste so they can't see each other were the extensions are .
 
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