As a start, regarding the size of your coop, the general number seems to be 3 feet to every chicken. (Our coop is 8 foot by 10 foot and around 8 foot tall) Remember to also keep in mind you want a roost area, feeding area and egg laying area.
Put the plate in the microwave and select a cooking time. Cooking times will vary depending on the size of the potato and the power of the microwave. Most medium to large potatoes will take between 8-12 minutes to cook at full power.1  Try putting the potato in for 5 minutes to begin with, then take it out and turn it over so that both sides cook evenly. 2  Place it back in the microwave for another 3-5 minutes, depending on how soft it is already. If you are cooking multiple potatoes at once, you will need to increase the cooking time by about two-thirds. 2  For example, if one large potato takes 10 minutes to cook, two large potatoes would take between 16-17 minutes.
With this sweet potato obsession, you can only imagine how frequently I am needing to bake up batches of sweet potatoes. Who am I kidding? I never bake up batches of sweet potatoes. In fact, I do not bake my sweet potatoes at all. I am far too impatient to wait 45 minutes to an hour when a sweet potato craving hits. Instead, I âbakeâ my sweet potatoes in the microwave. I have had quite a few people ask me over the past year how to turn this: into a baked sweet potato in under seven minutes. Lucky for you, I have decided to feature the sweet potato in my next âHow Toâ post. Following is a step-by-step pictorial on how to âbakeâ a sweet potato in the microwave when you just do not feel like actually baking it. How to âBakeâ a Sweet Potato in the Microwave. Step 1