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    Bedding

    hay is great and bad...they can safely peck at the hay seeds but its a job and a half to clean out the coop after its been down for a while...
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    What is the strangest thing your chickens ate? Mine just ate crawfish Monica and aligator tail

    mine love to hunt kill and eat mice! if the mouse is small enough they try to swallow it whole!! certainly helps with the population control!
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    Grumpy Orpington Roo

    I have a barred rock who would attack my granddaughter and I especially if we wore the colour red! Well I put a stop to that by catching him and just carrying him around for 20 mins or so...whilst talking to him about who the real boss of the coop! ( had anyone heard me do this I would have been...
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    Using a commercial hooped greenhouse frame as a chicken coop?

    they made them single layer 1/4 inch ply with no frame on it! I think I will find some pallets and attach them to the plywood to strengthen them. then put the hinges back on and hang them.
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    Using a commercial hooped greenhouse frame as a chicken coop?

    Update on the hoophouse coop... Well its going up with pics to follow..I ordered a large tarp which turned out to be very economical! so the end product will be a 18x36 foot coop. The 30 birds dude was selling I didn't buy ... he couldn't answer basic questions like what breed and such and he...
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    early hatching!

    well imagine my surprise this morning when my 19 day old eggs in the incubator were peeping and pipping out! an hour later and 1 chick fully hatched and 7 more pipping!!! what fun this is to see (its my first time with incubating eggs) just so surprised they are hatching so early?! Any one else...
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    Building Coop out of scrap concrete

    go for it! you have a vision and with some planning regarding the windows doors and vents you will be able to make a gorgeous coop! anything can be done with a little thought and planning! take lots of pics and post them I would love to see what you come up with!
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    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    amount of light and feed always matter the most...other than the age of the hen! In the winter time up the light with a light bulb in the coop! Always give them their layer mash and scratch I supplement heavily with oyster shell and scraps from the kitchen!
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    Does anybody else have more than one flock?

    If the young rooster just gets out of the way of the dominant rooster I really wouldn't bother with doing anything about it! Seems to me the situation is under control. No one is getting hurt and there really shouldn't be any stress under those conditions.
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    using eavestrough as a waterer in the coop

    Oh and I do have those hangable waterers but they seem to go dry all the time even though there is alot of water still in the reservoir! ( and yes I do have the thing twisted on the right way!) so I have given up on these expensive and useless things!!!
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    using eavestrough as a waterer in the coop

    I have just spent several hours along with my son daughter-in-law and hubby cleaning out the coop right down to the boards because of the ducks dumping the water bowls constantly...needless to say all was soaked! so I got to thinking about a way to resolve this issue. I thought that if I hung a...
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    egg washing

    I have 5 indian runners....their eggs are ALWAYS filthy! and usually found everywhere! we rinse in water witha small scrub brush! then refridgerate!
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    How odd....................or maybe it's not??

    yup from what I have read these are not birds that mate for life with just one partner!
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    Is it "egg laying" season yet?

    ok I dont get this? my 5 indian runner girls still give me 4-5 eggs a day! throughout the winter and its been very cold at times here! Maybe my girls are a little too enthusiastic? not that I am complaining! since my egg sales usually leave me without any chicken eggs we still have the duck eggs...
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    things i've learned as a beginner hatcher...

    oh my I hope I do as well on my first try! hoping for a hovabator for my birthday present! this week.... good to hear there is such resiliance with the eggs!!!
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