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    Chickens and Hurricanes

    If I were in this situation I would bring my flock into the garage. My coop is durable, but 100mph wind durable doubtfull. When our chicks got too active for the house brooder we had I built a really quick and easy pen in one of my garage stalls as they weren't ready for outside. Did 4 quick...
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    Carpentry questions

    What spacing are you using for your trusses? 16in on center? That's what I would recommend with site built trusses.
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    My Pet Chicken Review.

    My pet chicken. 2 THUMBS UP. We ordered Buff Brahmas and New Hampshire Reds in Feb, arrived when they said they would, good shape, out of 25, we have 2 roo's. Good sized eggs, all healthy birds. We will be breeding our own going forward, but if needed we won't hesitate to order from them...
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    Backyard Brahmas!!

    Here is a pic of one of our roos. This is El Capo.
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    Rooster Chat

    I have two brahma roo's 16 weeks old, we don't want to breed yet so the boys will be moving into a bachelor pad this week. Our flock is mixed, 18 brahma hens, 6 isa brown hens and 5 new Hampshire reds all 16 weeks, got one hen laying so far, these past 4 months have been a riot.
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    Backyard Brahmas!!

    Ok....got a question on my brahmas, I have 19 girls and 2 roo's, 16wks, when should I be making plans to move the boys to a bachelor pad. I want to breed but not right off the bat. My boys, El Capo and Foghorn are well behaved and are both lap birds.
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    2ft wide, 12 feet long, cant keep bedding down in the middle, its there run way, they are run extensions we found on close out at a local ag supply store, we started them in a big orange bin, but quickly realized they were skiddish with us coming at them from above. Since we moved them to the...
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Here is our brooder, we had plexiglass aroumd the bottom edges to keep heat in, they are two weeks old now so we have taken of most of the panels. We have 32 in this setup and so far they are like a bunch of kids in a romper room.
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    Anyone impatiently waiting for your baby chicks to arrive?!?!

    Chicks shipped today, arrival wednsday, brooder box complete.
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    Anyone impatiently waiting for your baby chicks to arrive?!?!

    We have 25 buff brahmas coming the 26th, first time chicken raisers. Brooder almost ready, coop and run still in design phase. Excited to see how the great chicken experiment goes.
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