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    The 'wisdom' of Reddit: "It's completely fine to give your chickens French fries"

    This was what alarmed me in the Reddit discussion -- the majority saying French fries have never killed their chickens. (Yet.)
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    The 'wisdom' of Reddit: "It's completely fine to give your chickens French fries"

    r/BackYardChickens: I don’t eat French fries but I know some girls who do! Pearls of wisdom from Reddit 🙄🚫 Anyone trying to point out that fries are too fatty and salty is mocked and downvoted.
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    My 'shabby chic' chicken coop built under arched cabin's deck

    Dreamy .... why I like that descriptor! And thanks for your kind words. :)
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    My 'shabby chic' chicken coop built under arched cabin's deck

    Good point, just to clarify, your post refers to the video "How to Build Your Chicken Coop CHEAP," directly above your post, vs. the video in the original post, Building DIY 2-cabin dream homestead from scratch, where my upright pallets are tied into the posts.
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    My 'shabby chic' chicken coop built under arched cabin's deck

    I found this design from pallets useful in a broad sense, and reworked my build to provide more ventilation and doors:
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    My 'shabby chic' chicken coop built under arched cabin's deck

    LOL I'll reply anyway -- no direct door as you figured out. I have something of a fly problem but I attribute this to the neighbor's horses, as the chickens range over a wide area and their coop and environs seem fly-free.
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    Fine Shavings vs. Regular Shavings

    I do great with shredded cardboard boxes, coop is about 55 sq ft.
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    My 'shabby chic' chicken coop built under arched cabin's deck

    Sharing images of my chicken coop journey, which started with having friends over to figure out where to site the coop, given several options near water hydrants and power on my homestead. This ended up going underneath my deck, with pallets relying on support from deck posts. This was built...
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    Tribute to a Buff Orpington named Candy -- fly high pretty girl

    Thank you sincerely @Mother of Chaos and @oldhenlikesdogs
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    Tribute to a Buff Orpington named Candy -- fly high pretty girl

    Candy was one of six chicks hatched out of an incubator exactly one year and one week ago. Her sire, George, was a gentle Orpington rooster who passed away suddenly in August 2024. Needing a replacement ideally with his temperament, I rushed out, collected eggs that had never been refrigerated...
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    Viral video features my 11-month old Buff Orpington, Candy

    Good point, they live in a city and they came to me through the Eastern Washington desert. I tend to think more about biosecurity when for example selling chicks to people with existing flocks.
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    Viral video features my 11-month old Buff Orpington, Candy

    Do you feel that's also the case when they do not own any chickens? Or visit people with chickens?
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    Viral video features my 11-month old Buff Orpington, Candy

    A prominent YouTuber with 2 million subscribers just visited my homestead, and was struck by the role of my chickens. Link: Kirsten Dirksen: Left city to build 2-cabin dream homestead, no previous experience Candy, a very friendly Buff Orpington chicken, had just returned from the vet, best...
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    Off grid cabin with chickens and limited access - possible?

    ☝️☝️☝️
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    Off grid cabin with chickens and limited access - possible?

    I think you would be better off just figuring out how to encourage the presence of wild birds and bats to combat insects. In my opinion, chickens need the supervision of on-site humans, a guardian dog AND a rooster to combat predators in many rural and semi-wilderness settings.
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