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  1. New Chicks 09 Lots Of Pics

    New Chicks 09 Lots Of Pics

    Well here it is a year later. We had 10 chicks last year in April. This year we got 9 more. Believe me we could have had 20 more if it weren't for.... well IDK. I could have 20 more, easy! Can't blame it on self control, I have none. At the feed store this is how it went ... " I'll have 2 of...
  2. Consdrss Coop 2009

    Consdrss Coop 2009

    Coop 2009 Imagine that, people who have chickens and have more than one coop… I think it is an airborne phenomenon spread by chicken feathers… There were a few things I wanted to change in my second coop. The first coop was strictly functional and not very pleasing to look at. The second one...
  3. Consdrss Chicken Coop

    Consdrss Chicken Coop

    Wow we had no idea what we were getting into. I had a lot more pics of the whole process but had a computer hard drive melt down and lost everything. It took us several weeks of research (on BYC of course!) and we came up with this. This started out as an old playhouse for my kids. It was old...
  4. Automatic Pop Hole Opener

    Automatic Pop Hole Opener

    Automatic pop hole opener This is not my own idea. We got the idea from a fellow BYCer. We now have two coops (imagine that) and our first automatic door opener was first installed in February of 09. It has been happily pulling open and pushing closed our fiberglass coop door since then without...
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    Will silkies use a ramp

    Hmmm Interesting... I had never read that silkies wouldn't use a ramp, therefore my silkies never got the memo. up and down all day long.
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    Can one mix Bantams and Standards in a flock?

    I have a banty cochin and a silkie in with 5 standard size hens. raised together, the banty rules the roost....
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    Questionable Silkie.....UPDATE more pics

    Ok I'm all in... pullet. I've already re-homed my boy. he was crowing at around 12 weeks. he was all boy. We knew it when all his feathers came in after the dinosaur look. He looked the part, he acted the part and in the end he sounded the part.
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    Comments and reviews about peel 'n stick linoleum tiles?

    for what its worth I have them in my office and hate them. what a huge mistake. cracked, faded, yellowing, lifting and all around nasty. but I suppose in a chicken coop not so bad. just use floor glue and get them stuck down.
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    What is the best way to make a coop cleanout door weather tight?

    Do you mean weather tight like keeping rain out, wind out? chickens need soooo much ventilation that I would never again think it needed to be weather tight. if you needed to keep sideways rain out to keep bedding dry then I suppose some weather stripping would do. but think ventilation...
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    Broody chicken on golf balls

    Quote: OMG!! My hen is still broody too!!! she has been broody for almost 5 months! when is she going to get over it! I gave her chicks! for crying out loud!
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    Broody chicken on golf balls

    I did that 9 weeks ago. worked GREAT! its called "grafting". only thing is I think you should separate her and her chicks from everyone else for at least a week or so. she will protect them the best she can but it is only the best she is capable of. and your chicks will be wild! mine are totally...
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    Chicken with bloody stool, one dead. HELP!!

    do a quick search for cocci
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    Using DE

    OORRR you could go to your feed store and get stall dry or another equally as effective and more readily available product. my feed store sells 50 lbs of DE for 20. I'm not impressed. I practically need a hazmet suit to use it. I have asthma and DE really does a number on me.
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    Do Sillkies roost?

    mine roost with all the other chickens. I gave them the opportunity by building a ramp. it took a little while for them to figure it out. it was so pathetic to watch them try to fly up to the roost and then flopping back down, it was just sad.
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    Keeping the run clean

    garden stores home depot and such sell lime. its for sweetening the soil. no it won't hurt them. not the lime for making concrete. yes you need to get the water and food so it is not making such a mess.
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