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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    3 Rhode Island Reds 1 Red Star 424 + 4 = 428
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    Ended Official BYC Contest: 200,000 BYC Members? Guess the DAY & HOUR and Win!!!

    6/1/2013 10:30am ET :)
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    Daytime tractor help

    I figured, thanks :)
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    Daytime tractor help

    Hi all. We lost our first hen to a predator last week and now I'm a bit leery of leaving the other 3 out free ranging even when we're home (we were home last week when it happened). I am going to see about making a small A-Frame tractor for daytime use only - probably only when we're home. I...
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    Lost our first chicken - after a year of being a chicken owner.

    Thanks for the replies. When we first got them, up until a couple months ago actually, we used to only do supervised ranging. I guess we got comfortable with them being out and figured they were fine since nothing ever happened. Obviously we were wrong. I was home, just inside, and I feel...
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    Lost our first chicken - after a year of being a chicken owner.

    We only had 4 chickens to begin with, and they roam the yard when we are home - get locked up safely when we are gone. But I can't watch them all the time. Today, one went missing, the rest were all screaming and spread out across the back yard instead of in a group; and I just knew the...
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    Hi all! We currently have 4 hens. Up until a few days ago, we had 2 sex link hens. Then I realized one of my hens looked more like a rooster! And yep, he was. So he's gone to a local farm to protect some ladies and make some babies , and we've just added 3 RIR 20 weekers to our coop with the...
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    My "winterized" coop

    Quote: It's not on all night. It's on for a couple hours at a time twice a day.
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    Hardwear Cloth/wire

    Honestly, my local small town hardware store had the best prices I could find, and they let me buy it by the foot.
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    My "winterized" coop

    Quote: I'll keep an eye on it, thanks. The plywood over the run was more so the run didn't have to hold the weight of the snow.
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    My "winterized" coop

    Quote: I'm in Southern NH. Thanks
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    My "winterized" coop

    I'll keep an eye on the hay, thanks for the suggestion! Didn't even think of that
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    My "winterized" coop

    We've had this setup for a while (starting with the unexpected storm Halloween weekend!), and the chickens seem to love it. Out of 4 hens, we still get 3-4 eggs daily - even when it hit 10F overnight last week. They don't want to come out in the snow, so having the run covered makes them happy...
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    Bubble on chest?

    Well I went out to check on them this morning and I couldn't tell which one I was supposed to be checking on - so I guess that's good, lol. I'll keep an eye on them all and see if anyone gets another bubble, but I'm guessing one of them just has a really prominent crop?? Thanks for the replies!
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    Would this work?

    I don't trust just a tarp on top of the run, we need the snow load to be supported above it, hence the plywood across the hay bales we are planning. Thanks for the replies!
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