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I'm looking to add two Golden Laced Wyandottes or other good laying laced pullets to the flock. Birds that are ready to be outside but not yet laying would be preffered. Located in PA near Lancaster, York, Delaware.....

glad to hear we're not gonna die from eating them It was hard enough convincing the wife to eat backyard eggs, if she saw the membrane when I was cracking them that would have been the end for her and I'd have alot of eggs to eat on my own.

I'm in a similar situation : no electric at coop and its going to be getting cold soon. you may want to look into a "passive solar heater"

so I've gotten lots of eggs from the 3 layers I've had for about a week and finally cooked some up. a few of the eggs had whats best described as a bag inside the shell, I had to crack the shell then through a thin film almost like I could have removed the shell and had an egg in a bag but...

I've just come across a supplier of "cardboard bedding" at about half the cost of pine shavings. Doing a search here came up with 0 results, I'm wondering if anyone is using it or if there are any reasons not to use it. I have no other info about what kind/size of cardboard it is but it is...

The plastic closure strips are only $5 for a pack of six, each is about 18-24". With the plastic roofing I used they are mandatory to prevent damage.

I used corugated plastic roofing, its basicaly the same shape. Bought it at home depot, they had the wiggly foam stuff for it but also had wiggly plastic supports, I used the plastic.

Look into dual purpose plants, that will provide the tranquil privacy your looking for and something extra like a treat for you or the hens. I'm planning to use blueberry, raspberry, blackberry and maybe a few other bushes. Just be sure to protect them till they're mature.

Do they try to dig in it with thier beaks throwing it on the floor?

generaly wind turbines need to be mounted high and tethered to the ground (there are exceptions) So solar may be a better bet. You'll need to figure out how long you want the extra light to be on, multiply the number of hours by the wattage of the bulb(s) that will tell you how many amps your...

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Quote: If you have electric in the coop you could drop an aquarium heater into the barrel, while your at it hook it to your downspout so you don't have to fill it as often. the food grade barrel usually have two 2" plugs one of them usualy has 3/4" threads that a garden hose valve will screw...

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Quote: Its been a number of years since I last had chickens and I've proably had two dozen designs in my head and on paper in that time, This was a little bit of all those designs but mostly just the most efficient way to use the materials I had on hand. even though most of the material was...

Quote: I haven't tried this yet but it has been on my plan sheet for over a year, I've never heard mention of it anywhere but in my head