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    TSC chicks

    Yes there were other chicks, alot, especially small chicks a couple days old.
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    New clutch hatching, need a smidge of advice

    What are you baiting with? Have you tried sardines, crack the can and pour a small trail of juice from the opening of your trap to past the trigger on the trap leave the can only cracked and put the whole can in the middle of the trap past the trigger, reason to leave it cracked they can reach...
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    TSC chicks

    I called the TSC l bought them from they said approximately 3 weeks old, that's around the age they discount them.
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    TSC chicks

    They were $1 each, they are all healthy and dust bathing.
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    TSC chicks

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    TSC chicks

    Bought 10 chicks from TSC, i know they aren't 3 or 4 day old chicks, they were sold at a discount, is there anyway to guess or tell their age?
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    Bantam Rooster not mating

    No, but for me bantam eggs seem to be hard to see a bullseye, I tried checking with some with our other bantam rooster and hens and I couldn't see a bullseye, but they were because we had 4 broodies and 15 new chicks this year, I'm just not good at verifying for bullseye's. This rooster is Black...
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    Bantam Rooster not mating

    We have a Old English Game Bantam rooster he is 9 months old, I never see him mating or do a mating dance, he is the only rooster with 6 hens???? He is real laid back, he alerts the hens, feeds them and seems to have taken on the role of head rooster, just never see him mate.
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    should i use a heat lamp when it's 90 outside?

    We put our chicks in a brooder in an outside shed, I only used a hot water bottle for the first week early in the morning, I built a wooly hen for them to get in or under for the first week, then I stopped using a heat source all together, took the wooly hen out at 2 weeks, we have 10 chicks...
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    Our New Pallet Coop

    You are 100% correct about wood waste demoing pallets, how well did your wood chipper work? I have been thinking about a wood chipper, use a lot of pine shavings in the coop and run, can you chip small tree limbs with yours,what size wood ?
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    Our New Pallet Coop

    Thank you but the pallet build would be easier for me than what I call the pretty coops or modern designs, to me I think those would be more challenging, I don't think I could build one that looks as nice as those. I went for pallet wood to cut expenses, only have around $350 in this coop...
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    Our New Pallet Coop

    Thank you, no not that patient, but it was a challenge and enjoyable especially after it was completed.
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    Our New Pallet Coop

    This will give you an idea how it looks,hard to get large pictures inside.
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    Our New Pallet Coop

    Just completed our pallet coop,all used material other than pressure treated 2x4s on the ground, pallet wood is not for the faint at heart, it takes a lot of time demoing and trying to make odd pieces work into the build,you also loose at least 20% of your pallet from it busting while...
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    New chickens

    I'm not an expert but I think it's trial and error, some are more excepting than others, my experience you will know pretty quickly, the head pecking and trying to move them out of their space.
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