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    Comment by 'Flixflaxnoob' in article 'The Simplest Gravity-fed, 5-Gallon Bucket Waterer'

    It cost me around $27. The feeder pan I got from tractor supply was the most costly piece to this ($14 by itself).
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    Comment by 'Flixflaxnoob' in article 'The Simplest Gravity-fed, 5-Gallon Bucket Waterer'

    I had let out the plug when I thought I screwed the lid on enough but turns out it wasn't enough.
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    The Simplest Gravity-fed, 5-Gallon Bucket Waterer

    I have a small flock of 6, but I finally got tired of filling up my multiple 1-gallon waterers so often. Most ideas I've seen for larger DIY waterers seemed like more work than I was willing to put in, not suitable for freezing temps, or hard to clean. I liked one idea using a standard 5-gallon...
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    What to go with coop and run being if chickens have sticktight fleas?

    One of my hens' face was covered in sticktight fleas and I'm seeing some on other hens. I'm in the middle of removing the bedding from my older enclosed run that had deep bedding. Do I need to dispose of it? Burn it? No chance of using it for compost anymore? 😭 I'm also feeling a little...
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    Do you think my white rock would be a good mother?

    I would also like to know this, but I thought the breed played more a factor. Though buff orpingtons are supposedly known to go broody and mine haven't yet. Uncharacteristically, my buff is also the bully and not the friendliest.
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    Do you think my white rock would be a good mother?

    I think not. She's the most flighty. She was the bottom of the pecking order and when I integrated two new pullets, she was the meanest to them (maybe because was always the lowest?). But she's the most broody chicken of my flock! She's already gone broody 3 times this year. And she's mean when...
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    My 4 mature 18-month old hens are not laying consistently. Could it be the feed or heat?

    I use a Google calendar for my beekeeping hobby. I love this method because it makes searching for particular words easy but I don't think I'm ready to get into that level of detail for my chickens lol
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    My 4 mature 18-month old hens are not laying consistently. Could it be the feed or heat?

    I have the new feed ingredients but not the old to compare. The new feed is 16% protein.
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    My 4 mature 18-month old hens are not laying consistently. Could it be the feed or heat?

    My plan is to eventually grow my flock to 12 (local maximum for my acreage). The hard part will be not getting them all at once to better stagger their ages.
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    My 4 mature 18-month old hens are not laying consistently. Could it be the feed or heat?

    It's just a noticeable difference from last year when I was consistently getting 4-5 eggs a day from 5 hens. Sounds like I just need more chickens.
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    My 4 mature 18-month old hens are not laying consistently. Could it be the feed or heat?

    This is only my second summer with my OG flock (buff orp, white rock, wyandotte, EE). When they first started laying, I was getting almost an egg from each of them a day. Since July, it's becoming more common for me to get just 1-2 eggs/day. I've checked my birds and to my untrained eye, they...
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    18 month old hens keep picking on 18 week olds.

    I expected the two younger pullets to get picked on when I first introduced them to the flock but it's been a month now of sharing the big, new coop, and even longer of letting them free range together. They can coexist fine when free-ranging but when confined to the run and chunnel, 3 of my 4...
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    What's the best way to clean under my raised coop?

    My 6'x8' coop is on top of 8-inch tall cinder blocks and it's high enough for the birds to go under for extra shade, which I like but it's going to be very difficult to clean especially because I have hardware cloth wrapped around three sides of the coop, with the run attached to the fourth...
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    Transitioning chicks to coop and older hens to new coop

    The adult chickens will peck at the younger ones when free ranging but it's not constant. They haven't been in close quarters though before.
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    Transitioning chicks to coop and older hens to new coop

    Would you still recommend moving the older hens at night if the younger ones are already in there?
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