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    Looking for large coop plans

    pen and paper. Everyone has individual spaces and pest pressures, people make them according to their space and requirements, that's why there are very few standard plans. Most chooks yards aren't by plan, just a bit of practicality. Go and measure space available and write it down. A...
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    Chickens aren’t eating from my feeder!?

    regrdless of the chook ergonics and grain flow dynamics it totally looks like a rat feeder to me..
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    Mash doesn't work well in my diy bucket feeder. Options?

    When I make a mash I make it so it gets eaten in one day, as adverse to the pellet/ grain feeder which is an ongoing, fluid model. So I make what I call the democracy feeder- it means no bullying etc. I have 7 chooks and it works very well. I have a large (perhaps 80 cm- about 32 inch I think)...
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    Please help!

    I agree with Aampomp831. And also , until they are about 10 weeks old, try to keep them on ground that has not had chooks on it before. and educate yourself. you are responsible for lives now. Good luck
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    Worms Help!

    Chooks in a permanent yard will have reinfection cycles with worms. Worm chooks by giving them a bulb of garlic, 1 chili, a grated carrot,some slippery elm powder, a tsp of seaweed, and any herbs ( just a small sprig) of tansy, comphrey, wormwood, rue, etc. After worming them free range them for...
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    Lime & Sulfur.

    Suphur is great used internally to prevent worms in chooks, also against other blood sucking parasites. When you add the garlic to a chooks mash, garlic is a powerhouse of beneficial phytochemicals, and also is high in sulphur. We feed our sheep with free choice individual minerals and after the...
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    Will putting lime on my yard hurt my chickens?

    Just be aware that in order to manage ticks, you are massacring the general ground dwelling insect population. So regarding the chooks diet, who are omnivores and get a lot of good bacteria ( the gut biome is as imortant in health for chooks, as honey bees, as people, etc) as well as protein...
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    Will putting lime on my yard hurt my chickens?

    Yes, calcitic lime will be fine in compost. You only need a couple of handfuls in a metre cubed compost. keep it dry and will last for ages. I don't use DE because it's too expensive here. I use sifted wood ash instead, it's not as good, but it's pretty good. I do put DE in a squeeze type...
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    Will putting lime on my yard hurt my chickens?

    If you get ticks in your area or lice or generally as preventative, don't forget to include a good pinch of elemental sulfur in their mash on regular basis. Also garlic, lots of garlic. Not the be and end all on ticks but certainly helps. Plant wormwood, rue, tansy around chook house for insect...
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    Will putting lime on my yard hurt my chickens?

    I support Raz, get a soil test. Even do a quick pH is better than nothing. Hydrated lime should not be used in soil, pets, or garden. Garden Lime is very alkalising, Dolomite ( which contains magnesium) is moderately alkalising and Gypsum (calcium sulphate) is pH neutral. On clay soils you...
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    Hi from one greeny and 4 chooks

    Hi, I live in southern Australia in the foot of the mountain ranges ( about 600 metres above sea level). We get a lot of fog (or is it cloud?) , a lot of rain (1100 ml/year), only occasional light snow, and we are on lovely mineral rich red clay loam which grows abundant greens for them. I have...
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    Winter Prep?

    I'm in southern Australia, the lowest temperature we get here is -5 degrees C, I know that's nothing compared to what many get, but here's my two cents worth: Our coop is insulated and draft free. It has insulation in walls and roof and a green roof for summer heat. Because they're cooped...
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