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    Grazing frame plans to protect grass for chickens

    Brilliant! I am going to include this in the new coop with run we are building for winter. Thanks so much for sharing, I am in Central Texas so winter grasses do well here and the girls will have grass year round this way. We have a chicken tractor/run/coop right now and will continue to use it...
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    Since I also have a Bearded Dragon I raise Dubia roaches so my hens get nice, well fed 2" roaches for a treat fairly often. They go crazy for the roaches. I just wish they would stop killing all the baby snakes they find in the yard!
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    Former lurker, finally joined, looking for feedback.

    I appreciate the input, not taken as critical. I joined to learn. I already planned to switch to hardware cloth and the larger new pen we are planning will be hardware cloth too. The area under the shaded "tarp" does have wire as well so what appears to be an open gap isn't at all. Our acre does...
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    Former lurker, finally joined, looking for feedback.

    Thank you very much! My chicken tractor is 12' long, would sectioning off 4' with wire and shelter work? I have added a picture so you can see a wire dog crate (which she is currently in with a hutch attached) won't fit in it. The new one we are planning will work that way but not the one we...
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    Thick, clumpy egg yolk -- causes? safe to eat?

    Yes, very fresh (under a week) and yolk only.
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    Thick, clumpy egg yolk -- causes? safe to eat?

    I know this is an old conversation but I found this to be helpful and it made sense to me since I have recently improved my hens diet and the yolks began to change with the improved diet. I almost threw two eggs out but decided to read a bit first. I was glad I did...
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    Former lurker, finally joined, looking for feedback.

    I had intended to get some chickens later this summer but a very good deal presented itself so we dove in. I got 3 hens and a 4 x 4 coop which left us needing to add wheels and a run. We got that done and will eventually build another coop before winter retaining what we have as well. The hens...
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