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The Easy Way to Raise Mealworms.

notabitail
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Well-written article! This article made raising mealworms sound very easy and simple. Good pictures as well, and showed the different stages of the beetles' growth.
notabitail
notabitail
Thank you.

Plants Chickens Don't Eat

GardeNerd
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A very helpful list of plants that chickens won't eat. Great pictures as well (which also double to identify some of these plants for those who have them but didn't plant them).

Do It Yourself Chicken Feeder

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Great idea and it looks like it works well! It does appear like it'd be easy for birds to be wastful with, but outside of that, it looks very convenient.

Nipple Waterer For My Brooder

mikki717
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Very neat idea and it looks like it was a simple build!

Chicken Proof Plants

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A very helpful list of plants to make your yard beautiful without the worry of your chickens eating the plants! I already keep some of these around so it's nice to know that I don't have to worry so much about the chickens free ranging around them.
A lot of the links on the bottom didn't work. :(

How To Skin A Chicken

Buster
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A simple step-by-step guide on how to skin a chicken that included pictures of everything done. A very helpful article!
A simple article on bantam growth stages with a few facts about them. I disagree with putting perches in with chicks though, especially if people are planning on breeding them. They should not be allowed to perch until after nine weeks of age as it can effect them negatively, which is noticeable by poultry judges. Also, pure Silkies only have one size, which is neither bantam or standard, but an in between class that most refer to as bantam. Anything outside of that is either a mixed breed or a Chinese import.
I enjoyed the list at the end of the article and would love to see your opinions on the breeds you've kept!
my spoiled chickens
my spoiled chickens
I dont show my bantams but thanks for the info! I dont know that silkies are only one size because my silkies are bigger than my silkie bantams even though the "Largefowl" silkies still arent that big

The Security Vault

ImissBuford
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Well written article with lots of pictures. Good pictures showing the progress and there was details of some of the materials used and established costs.

Hot Rock Acres Tractor

SWFLCpl
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Lots of great pictures and the materials used was shared. Unique chicken tractor!

Coop Fear

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Nice looking coop and good pictures. More details on the process and construction would be helpful.

Repurposed Coop

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Very nice coop and inventive way to use recycled materials. I love the French doors that were added.

Just Wing It

Chicken Logic
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Article could use more details and process information.

Dsheaz Coop

dsheaz
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Interesting article with an update of everything done. There's plenty of pictures and some measurements included. Very unique idea!

Integrating Chickens, Step By Step

Dawnclucks22
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A simple article explaining how to do the See-No-Touch method. It might be helpful to include approximately how long each step takes for the originals to get used to the newbies.
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Integrating: A Pictorial Guide by BigBlueHen53

BigBlueHen53
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A good article displaying the "See-No-Touch" method and how it worked effectively. The author included pictures to show how the method works, along with a link to an article for further reading. This was a helpful article on showing how well this method works.
BigBlueHen53
BigBlueHen53
Thanks, Lacy! I appreciate your response!

Moving broody hens

Silkie Princess
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Very informative article! I'm looking to move my broody tonight and this article is very helpful. On the boxing-in part, I've done that a few times in the past, but have felt guilty about doing it. I'm glad to see it is a thing, and it does help others as well.
The image in this article doesn't work. This article doesn't give a lot of details on hatching with a broody and doesn't have any pictures to show what should be done either. I think adding more information and pictures would better help those interested in hatching chicks under their broodies.

Repurposed Dresser Broody House

crossgirl
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Very nice conversion of a drawer to a brooder. Great pictures as well.

BobbyNix Coop

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Awesome looking coop! Article would benefit with more details on what was done and measurements, etc.

Cornish X: The Quick Meat Bird

RaisinChicks7
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Not really an educational article. It appeared to be focused on what the author didn't like about them, and not about the breed and/or raising them, like the title had given me the impression of.
RaisinChicks7
RaisinChicks7
Hey Lacy, since writing that article I have raised 5 more flocks of meat birds. One flock were the Big Red Roasters (which we did not like) and the rest were Jumbo Cornish X. 😊
Let me just add by saying, it really matters where you buy your birds. Absolutely important. Our first flock of Cornish X were from Meyer Hatchery. They were straight run and it was winter here. I’m sure the mortality rate was a lack of knowledge. We live and we learn. Hopefully we do. After that, we have ordered from Murray McMurray since we’ve had better luck with them. However, my oldest bird and favorite chicken, Penny, came from Meyer. So it’s just a matter of preference where you get your birds from.
Our last 2 flocks (30 Jumbo Cornish X) were raised for Cornish Game Hens. We fed them 12 on 12 off with no loss of birds; we cull them at 3.5 to 4 lbs (4-5 weeks) and have beautiful Cornish Game Hens dressing out at 2.5 to 3 lbs. which is perfect for us. For full size 5-7 lb broilers we raise them another 3 weeks or so. The taste is divine not to mention they are the sweetest birds on the planet. Just a pleasure to spend time with, which makes it super hard to cull them.
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