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I would make the holes 2" in diameter and 8-10" off the ground for full size birds or lower for smaller ones. 3" deep to get to the water\\food. have fun, Dirt

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Quote: You Yanks call it City Chicken. Yum. I remember city chicken growing up in the Burgh. fried cubed meat on a stick. I hope it was pork??? We fry squirrel in used bacon grease and serve with chicken flavored fried rice. Dirt

Does anyone have good a frame tractor plans or designs. I would like to build a tractor that would fit in the garden rows to keep the weed down. Thanks. Dirt

I use a 5 foot 2x6 board with 2 nails about 1.5 inches apart. I place the neck of the bird just behind the head between the nails and slightly pull the feet, this keeps the bird in place, I unholster my .22 revolver and place the barrel at the base of the skull and bless the chicken and thank...

Lets see, We made persimmon jam today. came out bitter, will try again next time with less lemon and more sugar. I will use in cookies and bread so not to waste it. My PawPaw tree is dropping now and we made some muffins from the pulp, turned out pretty good. next is the chestnut trees just...

I have a few questions about my left over chicken drippings from cooking butchered chickens. We pressure cooked 3 birds in a large cooker and the left over liquid we have put in canning jars and put in the fridge. the liquid has turned into a jell. We have already make a bunch of chicken soup...

Looks very very very very yummy!!!! Now it is time to snack. Dirt

Its hard to take a life, I try to remember to say a blessing and thank the animal for feeding my family. Try to make piece with it. If it were not "unpleasant" there would be an issue. Dirt.

Hello, I do all my excess males at about 12 weeks. If they get older they start disrupting the flock and treading the hens. If they exhibit this behavior sooner they go into the freezer sooner. Also if they get much past 15 weeks the meat starts to get tough on the males. Excess Females get...

Well it looks like it has done its thing already. just a very few dropping out today. Still has a odor when you get right up to it. (about 10-12 feet away.) I will let it sit till Wednesday and take it down and clean it out. Smell really was not bad at all. Whole thing ran only about 48 hours...

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Well it did not take long to get the free protein. I went out this morning and all the chickens were gathered around under the bucket just pecking away at falling little white worms. I had to get within 6 feet of it just to get a whiff. The oak leaves really kept the smell down. As far as the...

It just shows how to make the bucket. not graphic at all. Dirt

I butchered 6 excess roo's for tablefare today and decided to make a maggot bucket I read about with the left overs. drew the flies right away. We will see how long it takes to get the free protein. If this works well I now have a place to dispose of those unwanted critters around the homestead...

If it is freezing on the bottom that tells me that it is wet. You should remove the littler asap to prevent disease and start over and keep adding fresh layers of shavings as needed to keep it dry. Any wet should be removed as discovered. Dirt

I just put 15 eggs under a broody large cochin last night. See has been sitting on fake eggs for a few days in her new house. Good luck to you. Dirt

Quote: Have you tried putting a spread of pepper around the edges of your coup? Rodents hate pepper. IT also works very well in keeping them out of your cars. Dirt

I did one a t 12 weeks and one at 14 weeks. very nice meat. very easy to pluck. The earlier the better,if you wait till 10 months it will be very stingy and not very good. I put them in a large zip lock bag with salt water for 2 days in the fridge and then put them in the slow cooker for the...

My hen hatched 3 and 2 made it, they are now 3.5 weeks old. The temps were in the teens when they were a week old and it gets below freezing about every night. They are in the Hen house with the other birds and None of the adult birds have gone after the peeps. She is a great Mom and takes care...