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    How much paddock space per bird?

    I'm looking at dividing up my acreage into zones; mostly for a combination of pasture rotation and keeping my 9 girls from wandering too far. Is there a good rule of thumb for how much square footage per bird in a free range-ish zone? Does the habitat/land type change this number? The fenced...
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    What would the breeding plan look like to introduce lacing into solid/self Orpingtons?

    This is the most amazing and perfectly exact reply I could have possibly gotten. Seriously like thanks do not suffice for this information; I'm literally going to print it out and put it in my garden plans book so it can't be lost. Everything is here; the gene locus names, their effects, the...
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    What would the breeding plan look like to introduce lacing into solid/self Orpingtons?

    That's my basic question: Assuming you have both male and female red Orpingtons...what would the breeding steps look like to introduce lacing into the line? Blue lacing would be my personal ideal. When I use the calculator it's clear that lacing is not simple inheritance however which is most of...
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    How to fence in areas off-limits to chickens in a way that looks nice?

    I am going to go to the drawing board and see what's available in my area and make some SketchUp models. This is very exciting!
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    How to fence in areas off-limits to chickens in a way that looks nice?

    Oh my gosh thank you all!! There are so many wonderful ideas here and they all are nice and neat or have a spark of brilliance to them (the fence angled slightly towards the birds made me think that). This is giving me great starting places while I make this yard a place my violets and...
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    How to fence in areas off-limits to chickens in a way that looks nice?

    The title is my question! My girls are BIG and started laying for the first time ever yesterday!! I'm so thrilled and proud of them. 😂It's almost September which means it's time to start a big garden conversion project. The basic gist is I have a 2000sqft fenced in side yard thanks to previous...
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    Getting ahead of a rat problem before it starts

    So I live on several acres about half of which are forested. There is a large one acre pond. We DEFINITELY have field mice I've had to seal out of the main house. There's also an old barn and a shed on the property that at least harbor field mice but would make nice rat homes until I can repair...
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    Hello from GA!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've wanted for chickens for ten years and they're finally mine! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Nine and expecting to cull a few. Target number is six. (3) What breeds do you have? Three colors of orpingtons and...
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