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    Hen trying to encourage another hen to go broody?

    I have a Brahma hen that has never went broody, but has helped with parenting previous batches of chicks. Today I saw that Brahma get into a nesting box occupied by my youngest silkie hen, and push eggs under the silkie. Is this something hens do to encourage other hens to brood? Should I try...
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    Thrifting

    Thrifting is a great way to not only find things you want or need for cheap, but it prevents functioning goods from going to landfill and for some it can be a profitable side business reselling finds. Where to go for thrifting options: Craigslist: 'Garage Sale' section Facebook Marketplace...
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    What do you like to forage? Calling all foragers!

    My cousin is big on mushroom foraging. I've went a few times with him but didn't find anything. He's given me morels and pheasantback he's found and they were delicious (I turned the pheasantback into a creamy soup) I don't forage too often but here is my list: Dandelions: Flowers and roots...
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    Need advise on self sustaining coop

    Updated Thanks. I use a 27 quart Sterilite storage bin found at walmart for $7.30. I put in 3 water nipples at the base of one side, and tapped holes in the lid and using bulkhead fittings and hose clamps, secured the corrugated tubing to both the lid and gutters. At the very top of the bin...
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    Need advise on self sustaining coop

    Maybe use black PVC pipe or black tubing to catch the sun's heat? A solar powered heater isn't feasible, but perhaps a small solar powered water pump that cycles the water between the PVC sun catcher and an insulated storage tank every 30 minutes? I use corrugated pond tubing as a cheap way to...
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    Lawn seeds I can plant that chickens won't eat?

    Thats what I feared. I narrowed the chickens foraging area down to a small closed off section for both hawk deterrence and livestreaming the chickens. I feel bad because the grass is literally greener on the other side of the pen and sometimes chickens stick their heads through my welded wire...
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    Poll: Do you have an automatic coop door?

    The door to my coop is always open but I have a gate opener on my run that lets my chickens out into the pen. Its solar/battery powered but the solar panel wasn't effective enough this winter. I run a power cable to the coop in winter anyway so atm its tapped into my house. I may have to get a...
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    Lawn seeds I can plant that chickens won't eat?

    I moved my chickens from a large free-range area to a smaller but still decently sized pen. Over winter they scratched the ground and the dirt inside the pen while the grass is greener on the other side. I am not sure if the grass will recover in spring or if I have to plant something to...
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    Broody hen

    I don't but seeing what traits of the different breeds are inherited is interesting. How many eggs is your broody hen sitting on? Can you tell which eggs belong to which hen? If you want more chicks and its cold out you can just pull eggs out of the other nesting boxes and give them to your...
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    Apple Media Backups

    I originally installed Linuxmint Mate to handle my streaming setup but ended up going with Windows Enterprise LTSC due to a very specific issue that probably won't affect you (regarding RTSP). My home media server uses Windows 10, but I would have gone with Windows Enterprise LTSC had I known...
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    Apple Media Backups

    If you are using linux, drive formatting is important, make sure you use NTFS otherwise if you use a common linux format like ext4, Windows won't be about to read it if you transferred the drive to another computer. If you prefer the Windows interface but are concerned about the bloatware, I...
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    PVC Pipe Chicken Feeder (enlarged modification to sugarmaplefarmhouse's design)

    I never had a problem. There is woods the squirrels can forage from, and the treeline is 150+ ft from the coop. There is a massive walnut tree between the coop and the woods that gives the squirrels food as well
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    Autonomous and Interactive Chicken Coop Livestream

    Updates: I made it so the focus changes to the most active camera (based on similarity index over a span of 10 snapshots taken 1 second apart) so long as nobody has changed the focus or moved a camera within the past 20 minutes and outside the time frame of the run gate being kept open (made...
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    3-D printing

    I have an online friend who has a couple ender 3's and I asked him about what printer I should get. He told me to get a BambuLabs P1S. Then I consulted a cousin of mine who is a plastics engineer and he agreed that that was a great first printer. I've had a P1S for about 6 months now and have...
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    My mistake regarding placing robin eggs under a brooding silkie

    Good suggestion. I was hoping to do some parents a favor. Whether I intervened or not the outcome would have been the same, unfortunately.
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