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    Comment by 'Dizzydog' in article 'Nest Boxes 101'

    I found some plastic dishpans that were the right size to use as inserts in the nest boxes. When they are soiled it is simple to remove the pan, dump the dirty straw in the compost pile, and hose it down to clean it up.
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    Official BYC Poll: Do You Clip Your Chickens' Wings?

    I find that I only need to clip a wing when my girls are young. Once they put on a little weight and "learn" not to try to fly they stay put very nicely. On rare occasions I have had to clip wings twice. When that becomes necessary I always clip the opposite wing as they tend to learn to...
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    Official BYC Poll: What Is Your Perspective On Chickens For Meat

    I only eat my own chickens when they no longer lay eggs. I usually kill them in the fall rather than carrying them through a long cold winter. The poor old girls don't need to go through the winter and I don't need to be out skating on ice paths taking care of them. I have a special recipe for...
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    Outdoor Brooders

    This is one I made for older chicks when the weather was favorable. It could also be for a broody hen. The lid of the box needs to be redesigned but was cheap. I made it for nothing, from materials I had around but new materials would probably run less than $100...
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    Wing clipping...yay or nay

    I sometimes clip the flight feathers of chickens when I first let them out to free range as I have a couple of barriers that are only about 2' high. When I clip I only clip one wing. This throws off their balance and makes it even harder for them to fly. Usually they are comfortable and don't...
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    How do you keep your water from freezing?

    Here is my DYI solution that I posted a while go. It works well and I have used it for years in a very small coop where space is in short supply. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/diy-thread-lets-see-your-inventions.631861/page-297#post-14320040
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    Ended Contest #3 Cutest Baby Fowl - 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong

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    Topic of the Week - Let's talk about euthanasia

    I never had much luck with a hatchet. I am not good with it and the chickens always ducked when they saw it coming. This led to some badly botched kills. When I have to kill chickens for whatever reason I found that for me the quickest and most humane way was to tie the chicken's feet together...
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    Ended Official BYC DIY Contest #2 - Show us Your Project and Win!

    Not sure I am doing this right but here is a link to the temporary brooder pen I built to house chicks this summer. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/brooder-pen
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    Brooder Pen

    I decided on the spur of the moment to buy some baby chicks to replace my old hens that are getting long in the tooth and short on egg production. I needed to keep the babies separated from the old girls until they were big enough to hold their own so I built this little temporary brooder coop...
  11. I built it from a set of old window frames that I had laying around. The frames were 2 foot wide and 4' long. I covered each pair of them with a 4 foot wide piece of chicken wire.

    I built it from a set of old window frames that I had laying around. The frames were 2 foot wide and 4' long. I covered each pair of them with a 4 foot wide piece of chicken wire.

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  12. I decided on the spur of the moment to buy some baby chicks to replace my old hens that are getting long in the tooth and short on egg production. I needed to keep the babies separated from the old girls until they were big enough to hold their own so I built this little temporary brooder coop. I will also be able to use it if I decide to set a hen in the future.

    I decided on the spur of the moment to buy some baby chicks to replace my old hens that are getting long in the tooth and short on egg production. I needed to keep the babies separated from the old girls until they were big enough to hold their own so I built this little temporary brooder coop. I will also be able to use it if I decide to set a hen in the future.

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  13. The old girls are a bit sceptical about the new comers. (They should be.)

    The old girls are a bit sceptical about the new comers. (They should be.)

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  14. The hexagonal opening was created when I need to make the opening smaller but didn't want to add framing to attach it to. (Framing = weight) The 45 degree angle allowed me to toenail into the adjoining piece. It just happened to work perfectly to allow the feeder to poke into the box.

    The hexagonal opening was created when I need to make the opening smaller but didn't want to add framing to attach it to. (Framing = weight) The 45 degree angle allowed me to toenail into the adjoining piece. It just happened to work perfectly to allow the feeder to poke into the box.

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  15. I rigged a small pig feeder to the outside of the brooder box with the business end inside so the feed stays dry.

    I rigged a small pig feeder to the outside of the brooder box with the business end inside so the feed stays dry.

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