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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    They are. I'm kind of a newbie here, been a member since 2010 but always working so never get to post. Over the years, they've been my favorites and have been working on size and color with the cuckoo ever since I got my first ones from Greenfire in the golden. My goal was to create a...
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    Orpington show

    This is one of my roosters I've been working on
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

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    Chicken Wire 4 feet above ground enough

    I have a wood fence lined in chicken wire for 2 years now. I also have mine covered, because things climb and we have an owl problem here if one were to stay out late before I shut up the house. We had a possum once who had just walked in before I shut the gate one night. He didn't have any...
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    3/19 Update!! NEW PICS w/Layout!! Updated photo of our new coop.

    Very nice job, looking forward to seeing more pics!
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    I want to build a brooder.

    I've used large size plastic dog crates before. They work great. You can hang your light inside and cover outside with a blanket or old rugs to keep heat regular. Never lost one yet this method. 125 watt bulb works just fine inside one. Wouldn't use a 250 watt bulb. Would be too hot. You...
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    wheezing, sneezing 'coughing' Naked Neck

    I had that same thing last month. One was an isolated sussex in the hen house. It is heated. So she shouldn't have gotten sick, but I thought maybe a draft. No one else got it. I treated her with vet rx couple of times a day. Took her inside and isolated her with a heat bulb. Did wind up...
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    Chicken (Poultry) Addiction Anonymous *Chat Thread*

    I started out with I think 14 - that's what I figured would work for eggs. Now I'm like you, I probably have over 100 with the chicks. Just built a chicken I guess you would call it a cabinet/display that has 4 levels. One with a brooder, then the cages for the stages before they go out. I...
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    Swaps or possibly a tour of breeder in the spring in Missouri.

    I was looking for some information on any swap meets coming up this spring near Hillsboro, Missouri. Or to take our 4-H club on a tour of someone with a medium to large poultry farm. We didn't want to go more than 80 miles one way with the kids. These are younger guys and gals, no teenagers...
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