On 8/19/2010 12:35 PM, Leon wrote:
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On 2010-08-19, wrote:

Here are photos of those coops that are specifically for an urban
setting:

What's the point of the high rise designs?

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To keep the flood waters out.

A stand is optional and doesn't have to used. In an urban setting with
limited yard space some folks want extra room under the coop to be part
of the run. Some use it as a good place to hang the self feeder to keep
it out of the elements, to provide shade for the occupants during the
heat of the day, or as a place to store the feed.

And, as any farm boy knows, chickens prefer to roost as high as they can
get. If it's too low you will be forever going out at night to capture
(easiest way is with a broom handle) those few activist hens with a mind
of their own that never seem to get the word that they are safer locked
up inside, rather than roosting on the roof.

After all, chickens can, and do unless you keep one wing clipped, fly
..... after a fashion.

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