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    Nipple vs. cup waterers and auto fill

    If you go to any rv store they will sell a pressure reducer which just attaches to a garden hose. Some are adjustable and may get you close to the pressure you're looking for. Good luck
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    Nipple vs. cup waterers and auto fill

    @camkim I am planning to build the same 4" PVC waterer as in your photo. How many chickens do you have using the 2 cups? Trying to decide if 2 will be enough
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    Any Vancouver Islanders with BYC?

    First time chicken owner and have severely got the addiction. Any other chicken addicts on Vancouver Island? I'm in nanaimo.
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    Chickens don't know to go to bed

    Been trying the light in the coop for a few days. Worked some nights and not others. Figured out that ambient light is key. Pointed at the roof and they go right in. Pointed at the door and they don't. Tonight I pointed the light straight up and threw some BOSS in and up the ramp and everyone...
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    Chickens don't know to go to bed

    So my 9 week old lavender orpingtons have been in their coop for a little over a week. They come running out into their run when I let them out in the mornings but they will not go into the coop at night. They are always curled up in the corner of their run under the coop and I have to crawl...
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    Chicken coop design

    OK. So here is the almost finished product. Sand over drain Rock in the run. 4x5 coop and 5x12 run. Half of run roof is a 2.5x8 planter box for veggies and chicken treats. A huge thank you to everyone on BYC for the great info
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    Sexing chicks

    Thanks for the help. When they say straight run is 50/50 they mean it. Got 4 of each.
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    Sexing chicks

    Please help with these guys/gals. All are 5 week old lavender orpingtons
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    ABS or PVC pipe

    OK. So I have been looking at all of the wonderful DIY feeders around and everyone seems to be using the white PVC pipe. I noticed the black ABS pipe is quite a bit cheaper but no one seems to use it. Does anyone have any idea why? Thanks for the help
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    OK. Here is another one. Thoughts?
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    Spring 2017 first timers post!

    It was really a quick decision to get the chicks, and I work better under pressure.
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    Spring 2017 first timers post!

    So after much "discussion" my wife and her friend convinced me to get 8 one week old lavender orpingtons from a local breeder. We have never had birds of any kind before so this has been a huge learning curve. We are allowed 6 hens only in our city but assumed a couple at least would be...
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    Here is #2. Boy or girl
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    Got a flock of lavender orpingtons. Here is the most developed of the group. Rooster or hen?
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    Chicken coop design

    I live in South western British Columbia. We just had the worst "winter "in several years which meant -11C on the coldest night and just over 2 inches of snow that stayed for a couple weeks. Yesterday was partly cloudy and 7c. I expect my girls will be out in the run most days of the year. I do...
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