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    Smallish backyard and meat birds?

    It might, but the faster growth of the CX’s would work a lot better for my yard size. My problem is that while we have a half acre of space on the lot, it’s dry and much of the grass has gone dormant for the year. There’s quite a bit of green but not like early summer or spring. So 8 weeks...
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    Smallish backyard and meat birds?

    Greetings! I’ve been interested forever in raising meat birds. I’ve got a group of hens around 3 yrs old (6 of 8 have gone this long) so I’m not completely new to chickens. I’ve got a broody hen right now and am thinking of getting her some eggs to hatch. Is it possible to do say, 10 birds...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Puttered around and looked at the hubbards growing up the 2x4 welded wire.
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    Bullying - giving them away or lost cause?

    64 sq ft coop for 7 birds. Run is over 150sq ft. Food inside and out, water outside only. When they range in the yard they leave her alone mostly. Protein is 17-18% layer. Oyster shell offered free choice. They’re 2.5 maybe 3 yrs old if I remember correctly, this behavior is new. Had some...
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    Bullying - giving them away or lost cause?

    Having a real bullying problem. All the other hens will pile on a single other smaller hen. She was pecked up pretty badly. Will they continue their bad habits (including feather eating/pulling) if split up and sent off to different homes? Is it worth trying to rehome? I’d have 4 BJJ and...
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    Chicken compost and the garden

    Hi Everybody. It’s been two years since we added compost to our garden. Some spots for it heavy the first year, others almost none at all. We were able to buy some omri certified, composted chicken manure to spread on the garden. It looked great, felt great, smelled a little hot (ammonia)...
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    Composting coop litter

    Hi Everyone. I clean out my coop twice a year and have accumulated a lot of soiled bedding. It’s mostly straw. (Flock fresh, some hemp bedding, etc. looking to buy from a local ranch soon to save $$$.) Anyways, given that it’s already a mix of green/brown, is there a rule of thumb for this...
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    I’m glad I installed an electric fence, the bears are back.

    I was working late and got a text from my SO about there being banging outside. It’s late, maybe 1130pm. Tomorrow is trash day, the weather is cooling down, and that means one thing: bears. Black bears, for now. I feel so much better about the coop and our back yard knowing we have a...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Replanted a bunch of chats. Having disagreement about replanting greens and beets for fall harvest. 🤪. Current bed looks baaaaaad. Sprayed the fruit trees with horticulture oil. I need copper fungicide kinda bad for a rust problem. No aphids yet but rust and other pest problems. Seed...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I spread worm castings on the tomatoes, squash, and basil. I also moved a few volunteer tomatoes to new spots where watermelon had died. I am really hoping the sun and heat catch our plants up to the previous year. Keeping my fingers crossed. Next garden project is building a hot compost area...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Montana. Lots of rocks…we have a pile from clearing the soil from when we out the garden in.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    My partner’s parents are coming so not a lot. Just looks at what was going on. I feel our garden is going really slow this year, which is what it is. Things are taking off though. It’s been a damp, cool spring/early summer. Greenhouse next year? Finding a ton of volunteer tomatoes, birds...
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    Anyone ever just start over?

    First night back in the coop and there’s a bunch of black feathers laying under the roost… I think she may be the problem chicken.
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    Anyone ever just start over?

    There is a BR rooster in the neighborhood over and he’s a good 30% larger than all his hens. This one lays eggs! (I pulled them from her shelter during her jail time.) Any thoughts on the behaviors? Feathers are missing off of undersides too, and have been for a while.
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    Anyone ever just start over?

    Sure thing. Please note she is the same size as all the other BRocks.
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