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Thought I would post some pics of the evolution of my tractors. First one. This is pictured without the wheels on it. Second one. We ended up not adding wheels on this one. He just pulls it with his quad. Third one. I designed this one so the wheels are in board and you use a winch to...

Just to clarify I am in my first year of chicken raising both layers and meaties. I am on my second round of meaties and I am currently brooding 25 "Freedom Rangers". What I am noticing is that their food is getting caked in the roof of their mouths. I pulled a pretty big "plug" out of the...

Went out this morning and one of my broilers was dead. This is my first loss so far. It is possible that it has been dead for 10 hrs. Can I still eat it? I am new with the processing aspect and how long something can be dead and still eaten.

We received our broiler chicks in the mail a few weeks ago from MC Murray. I had ordered 25 broilers and ended up with 27 and a unknown chick. All of them are doing real good. Was hoping I could get an ID on this little one:

This is the new coop that I have built for a customer. It is 8' x 4' with the coop taking up half of that. I used pennies for the washers which worked out really good because the pennies disappear against the treated wood. I can't take credit for the penny idea, I saw a picture of that on...

So first off, I haven't gotten my chickens yet and I am already trying to get my friends into it:D He has a great yard for the hens to free range the yard during the day. His concern is that by letting them run free there will be poo all around the yard and the grandkids will get in it. So his...

Deciding that I wanted to continue becoming more self sufficient I thought one of the directions to head towards was... Chickens. We have had a garden since starting one 3 years ago, so I wanted to take it a step further. Thanks to my favorite search engine I was directed towards the BYC where I...

I am using some of the suntuff corrugated roofing for my coop. They make a closure strip that can be installed on the the ends of your panels at the eaves which I do not have. Is this going to be to drafty. Or will this be all I need for my ventilation? I don't have it screened off either which...

I am in the process of building my first coop. Is it ok to use latex caulking in the interior of the coop. The walls are built from 2x2 stock material and is un-insulated and probably will stay that way. I would like to caulk where outside sheeting meets wall studs. Will chickens peck at...