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    Is this too much ventilation?

    Another thing about your openings, make sure to cover them with hardware cloth. We had a coon get in our coop thru one of those openings. - Make sure to secure the hardware cloth very well. I have heard of coons pulling staples out to get thru.
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    Is this too much ventilation?

    If you use a heat lamp, they will not acclimate to the cold as well. And if power goes out in the coop, the cold would be much harder on them. It is best to have no heater and plenty of ventilation, without any drafts. Drafts are a big deal when it is cold. We live in Omaha, NE and our chickens...
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    Devastating Raccoon Attack

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    Cheep Chick Perches

    I used to use 2x2s in our coup and our chickens did fine thru 2 very cold winters. But, there are a large amount posts that say 2 inches isn’t large enough. So, I cut a couple 4+ inches branches for roosts in their coop. Whether they like it better or not, they haven’t said. To me, it looks like...
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    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    For our run, we used 2 inch PVC pipe with chicken wire. I then used the smaller hardware cloth 2 feet up on the bottom of the walls. For a top, I used 10 feet long sticks of 1 inch PVC pipe and made ‘arches’ 2 feet apart, then the roof of chicken wire held them in place. Several of our hens like...
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    Show me your poop traps!

    For the first time, I did the same this past winter and I agree. It was horrible to clean up.
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    Please Help! Raccoon Problem!!! Click Here!!!!!!!!

    In my 60 years..... I find that many people will give up on ‘high energy’ dogs, around 8 or 9ish months. Well, around that age, the dogs start to lose that ‘Puppy cuteness’ and need more work. - They are teenagers. I have gotten several FREE dogs this way. Of all the dogs I have had, there was...
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    Cinnamon Swirl eggs!!!

    70ish years ago, my Grandparents had a hen that laid several large eggs. This one was a record in Iowa for several years. They blew out the inside and let it dry. They then packed the egg and newspaper article in Cotton within a sturdy box. It has since been handed down to me. I keep it in the...
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    Cinnamon Swirl eggs!!!

    This is a great idea.
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    Please Help! Raccoon Problem!!! Click Here!!!!!!!!

    We also live in the city, where it is illegal to trap. When we had problems with them, I went to tractor supply for a live trap. I chose no gun because of the noise. So, my options were submerse the trap in water or hop in the car and take the trap several miles away. That was several years ago...
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    Please Help! Raccoon Problem!!! Click Here!!!!!!!!

    We also live in the city, where it is illegal to trap. When we had problems with them, I went to tractor supply for a live trap. I chose no gun because of the noise. So, my options were submerse the trap in water or hop in the car and take the trap several miles away. That was several years...
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    Should I just admit defeat?

    LED lights burn very little power. If you are operating on battery, LED is the way to go.
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    Not double Yolk, but Double Egg!

    Now that is LOL!!
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    A cluttered run

    Our birds sometimes ‘go up top’ to get away. Even with our Run being 8’ x 25’, I wish I had built the Run larger. I try to give Ours several places to climb on top and also hide under. I don’t want them getting board enough that they start picking at each other.
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    Not double Yolk, but Double Egg!

    In the 1950s, my grandparents had a hen lay a few Double Eggs! This consisted of one overly LARGE egg with a near normal sized egg, inside. Both eggs were fully complete with each egg having its own shell, yolk, etc.. My grandfather ‘blew out’ the eggs so they could keep the dry egg shells...
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