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I think I have less than 300.00 in it all (the runs),If you look at the cost not bad for square ft.
The ones coming out of the coop are 8/2 ft 2/4s cut 2' long with 1/4 s 8' screwed into 2/4s then wire2/4" holes 14 gauge about 48" tall was put on with chicken wire staples ends left open. The ones going through the garden are 3...
one word Muscovy's they eat fly's and mosquito's  
lets see     from the pen/coop   to the garden across down the row that needs cleaning up     it takes them about a week to clean up tall stands of elbon rye and...
they are right on for keeping one rooster,or you could keep the rooster and few hens in a say 6/6 for breeding. Larger the better . you cant keep a bunch of roosters together they will fight and dominate the weaker ones.
Have you noticed the Mosquitos are already out! Here is a homemade trap to help keep you and the kiddos from being a blood donor!!! HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP: Items needed: 1 cup of water 1/4 cup of brown sugar 1 gram of yeast 1...
Gosh I had a thought might fit this thread . I have tractors that I connect to my chicken pens , I guess you can call them runs , they are movable.  Was watching them taking about mosquito and spraying and such. Why don't...
Don't let him get a bluff on you he will always think he can and eventually hurt you. catch him and ruff him up basically whoop him , drag him side to side and rub his head on the ground lay him on his back and shake him back and...
I had a married friend call me by accident about 2 am one time I knew who it was before I answered . He thought he had called his girlfriend I acted like it was her(sleeping) and led him on for about 10 minutes before I hung...
The cure to higher feed cost for your flock is to raise it yourself, (see which is more valuable to you, money or time/labor ) being more self sufficient is never a bad thing. In the winter I plant turnips and elbon rye to keep...
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