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    just a few pictures to share

    Where in Lexington are you paigerdoodle? We are in Southpoint.
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    My PVC run/trailer/playpen

    I wanted to share the PVC playpen design I just built. Hubby is about to help me put the chicken wire on it. Please read more about it and see more pictures here https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=384374
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    My PVC PLAYPEN aka trailer/run

    I was going to make this http://www.pvcplans.com/pvc-pastured-poultry-pen.htm But Lowes did not carry some of the connectors like the 3-way, 4-way, and 5-way. I designed my own chicken playpen based on what Lowes does carry. Here are pictures of what I just made. Hubby is supposed to help me...
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    CHEAPEST brooder ever!

    This 4' X 4' X 4'5" box held rolls of carpet at lowes. They gave it to me for FREE. It had this awesome heavy duty wire frame on it to keep the rolls of carpet up. I use flannel-backed tablecloths as washable/reuseable liners (fuzzy side upwards for traction and absorption) so it stays...
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    No bedding at all question

    I don't want to constantly buy puppy pads/chux/shavings. They are NOT cleanable or reuseable. I just want to use WASHABLE LINERS. We tried it for the first time this morning. I put the fuzzy side upwards (to give the chicks tracktion and absorption) and the plastic side keeps the cardboard...
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    No bedding at all question

    http://www.pvcplans.com/PoultryPen.pdf But I am altering them for myself.
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    just a few pictures to share

    I ordered some from meyers but bought some from a guy in Harrodsburg. He had them listed on craigslist.
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    just a few pictures to share

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    No bedding at all question

    I actually put the flannel-backed side upwards because I thought the pretty side would be too slippery. The plastic side keeps the cardboard dry and the flannel-backed side gives them fuzzy texture. I take them out on my deck everyday in the baby pool but I am going to Lowes to get pvc today...
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    No bedding at all question

    Is it ok to use NO bedding at all? I have 1 week old meat chicks in a HUGE cardboard box. I have four thick flannel-backed plastic tablecloths that I want to use as liners in the box. I want to change them every morning and night. I want to take the dirty one outside and spray it and...
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    Killing Station Thread!!!!!!!!

    I would love to see pictures also. In 7 weeks I have to kill my first 26 meat birds. I learned a lot from this video I plan to make homemade cones from 2 gallon bleach jugs and a plucker like this http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/showthread.php?t=130787 How long does everyone guess it will...
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    How many chickens do we all have? 60,083 and counting.

    38,931 + 52 = 39,983 cjtdtd Brooke in Lexington Kentucky
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    Please help with a few questions.

    I am about to order chicks. I am converting our shed into a coop and fenceing in a run/lot. I have a LARGE family and we need about a dozzen eggs a day. I plan on having 14-16 egg layers. I also want to have meat chickens. I do NOT want/need a rooster for the layers but I DO want the meat...
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    Hello From Lexington Kentucky

    I am in Southpoint Lexington KY and I am about to turn our shed into a chicken coop. I am researching and I am very excited. Brooke, Wife to a hardworking Irishman mother to eight beautiful children.
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