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    How to make a compost pile

    I made mine out of pallets. I just used wire to put it together. 7 pallets made 2 bins with a divider and 2 'doors" I can remove to get the compost out. One bin is for compost to age, the other is the one I add stuff to. works perfect
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    Raising cornish x meaties on concrete?

    I went ahead and moved the kennel over there a minute ago on the slab. I think this will work out good. I can gather neighbors bags of leaves and spread them out every few days in the pen. Then add them to my compost bin
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    Raising cornish x meaties on concrete?

    Hey gang I am currently raising 14 cornish x meat birds. They are about 1.5 weeks old now. I have a 6x10 chain link dog pen that will be their home here shortly. Currently in a cattle trough inside at night inside my porch and when I am working, then in the pen the bulk of the day. I have a...
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    Giant egg!!!

    Pretty much guarantee you it's a double yolker. I get about one a week, and they are always huge eggs like that
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    How hard is it to let your chickens out of their coop to be in yard?

    I also was gun shy about letting mine out. I had been wanting to, just afraid they would never go back in the pen. One afternoon, with the help of several beers I opened the gate and pulled up a chair. I was amazed at how easy it was to get them back inside. I kicked myself over and over for...
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    How many inches of pine shaving

    My coop is 4x8 floor space. I started off with 2 wal mart bales of shavings. It was pretty danged deep but you will lose some as you clean the coop.
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    Deep litter method

    I use a modified version of the DLM. I put a very heavy layer of pine shavings down. I found a wide kitty litter scoop that I duck taped to a telescopic handle (I duck taped a putty knife on other end for scraping poop off perches ) Every day I take a 5 gallon bucket and sift out the biggest...
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    Deep litter and summer time flies

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    Fly control in the chicken coop

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    Planting a vegetable garden, what will my chickens like??

    Any type of lettuces, mustard greens, turnips, collards, cabbage. Lettuce is the easiest. Grows really quick so you can replant it as needed
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    Feeding chicks yogurt

    Mine absolutely love love love cottage cheese. To the point its difficult to get in the run with it w/o getting attacked
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    Chicken manure.

    Check your local craigslist also
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    Chicken manure.

    Go to a feed store and get a 55 gallon plastic barrel. They usually are from a restaurant and had peppers or pickles in them. The one by me, the barrels run about $15. Get a drill and drill bit, and go crazy with it drilling holes. Add all your chicken poop, any kitchen veggie scraps, coffee...
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    White egg possible?????

    I think you are right. Today, in the same nesting box(that this particular BR always lays in every day) I had a mini egg matching the color she always lays. Egg was 1/3 smaller, at least, than any of the other eggs and was the lighter shade my 2 BR's lay. I guess her body is going thru...
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    White egg possible?????

    I have 4 Red sex links, 2 barred rocks, and 1 RIR. All are great layers of nice brown eggs. I can pretty tell which hen lays which egg. My 2 BR's are a lighter shade of brown than the RSL's, my RIR lays a really dark egg, and one of the RSL's lays a speckled egg Today I go out to the pen for...
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