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    Review by 'Hondo7' in article 'Table Scraps and Leftovers for Chickens'

    Good article, with some helpful info. Thanks. Personally, we feed our flock pretty much every kind of leftovers except for onions which they clearly dislike. Plus we feed them their egg shells. These reduce the amount of chicken feed and crushed oyster shells we have to buy. Sometimes, if...
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    My house is 1 acre. Can my neighbr hear my rooster?

    Absolutely correct. Under the right conditions, a rooster's crow could be heard up to 2 miles away. In a typical suburban neighborhood the range is more like ½–1 mile due to background noise and obstructions. In congested urban or noisy areas the distance could be as little as a few hundred...
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    Does anyone move chickens to tractors during day, back to coop at night?

    We used chicken tractors successfully for over 10 years. We are located back in the woods and have a lot of predators (both land and air-based), so it seemed like the only economical way to free-range them. We relocated the 8'x24' tractor to fresh grass every morning. Then when we would open the...
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    Hello BYC Project Manager. Here is the PDF of your article Top 50 Herbs for Your Chickens. The...

    Hello BYC Project Manager. Here is the PDF of your article Top 50 Herbs for Your Chickens. The PDF was requested by KClivlaughlove, so I created it from your article but could not find any way to respond to her with the PDF. Maybe you can just post this for her and anyone else that wants it?
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    What are some of the most mind-blowing facts about chickens that few people actually know??

    LOL, hence our chicken paddock logo to the left here.
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    I heard the ratio is 1 rooster / 8-10 hens. Maybe it's time to cull a rooster and have some nice rotisserie chicken? :)
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Just checking in with our update. We've had chickens for nearly 10 years now. Our flock is primarily Black Australorp, Buff Orpington, and Golden-laced Wyandotte. Last summer we built 8 8'x32' chicken paddocks attached to the coop (enabling rotation for plant recovery). We are now in the...
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    Seeking feedback: possible solution to portable outdoor chicken tractor causing non-broody hens

    Hello NatJ! Sorry for the late reply. I just now saw this. Good information. Thank you! We did build the chicken paddocks with a modified (50% larger) version of the design initially posted (see attached). We also acquired two "experienced" hens who had already hatched chicks. We paid two young...
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    Review by 'Hondo7' in article 'Top 50 Herbs for Your Chickens'

    Very helpful article, thanks! For us, in addition to the nutrition question we had to use 5 additional criteria for choosing which herbs/grains/legumes to plant in the chicken paddocks. 1) Is it a perennial (pretty much grows itself)? 2) does it grow well in NE Ohio? 3) Does it hold up well...
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    What would be the benefits of building a larger run?

    Got it. Makes sense. Thank you!
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    What would be the benefits of building a larger run?

    This is great to hear. We are trying something similar, building a 2,500 sf run connected to the coop which is subdivided into 8 sections. 7 of them will be closed off on any given day to give the grass a chance to recover. I asked about this approach on another thread, and no-one gave any...
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    What would be the benefits of building a larger run?

    Just playing this back to you to make sure I understand your comment. Are you saying that more space encourages hen broodiness? And conversely, that limited space discourages hen broodiness? We have had issues 'growing our own' (getting our hens to brood) and theorized it was because we use an...
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    Seeking feedback: possible solution to portable outdoor chicken tractor causing non-broody hens

    Thanks! We did consider an incubator, but are trying to find solutions that are SHTF-compliant. Our meat rabbit "farm" never had problems making more rabbits.
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    Seeking feedback: possible solution to portable outdoor chicken tractor causing non-broody hens

    Our setup: We’ve had chickens for over 10 years now. We typically keep 15-20 hens + 2 roosters, a mix of breeds (Black Australorp & Buff Orpington) that are good layers of larger eggs, are cold- & heat-hardy (NE Ohio), do well in both confinement and free range, and are considered to be good...
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