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    Keeping the Girls Cool in 90s & 100s temperature...?

    A used power vent was given to me by a friend when he had his house re-roofed. I kept it for several years until I figured out a good way to install it on my chicken house. This year being as hot as it is, I decided to install it. It has an adjustable thermostat and a plug-in cord already on it...
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    Ventilation?

    Welcome to byc. I I have a 6' x 12' metal building for my coop. Because it's metal and would emit heat from the Sun in the summer, I insulated mine with 2' wide bubble wrap (large bubble) between the wall joists and rafters. On the man door end of the coop, I installed two vents that can be...
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    Comment by 'jdlx4' in article 'Gardening with Chickens'

    Anything that will rot and turn back into dirt is good compost.
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    Comment by 'jdlx4' in article 'Gardening with Chickens'

    I did a similar thing with the grass patch except I framed a 3 foot by 4 foot area using 2x4s on their edge. I then covered it with chicken wire, and threw a couple of handfuls of wild bird seed evenly under the chicken wire. As the seeds sprouted and started growing up through the wire, the...
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    Fox problem

    I use the electric fence both at the top and bottom. When a fox comes within 300 yards of my ladies, I put out snares. Foxes are creatures of habit and will use the same game trails as the previous foxs before it. I set my snares and after a few days to a week, I've got my fox. If you don't get...
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    Taming a Rooster?

    I don't tolerate roosters in my flock. They are a waste of time trying to keep them in line, and I dont get anything in return for the food they consume. All roosters that I get go to freezer camp when they come of age. I have 16 sweet, gorgeous, spoiled, beauty queens that look to me for...
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    How to Keep Hawks Away?

    That's what I did. I built a scare Crow that turns with the wind, and I hung aa CD' from each of it's arms. I also hung a round pie tin from a near by limb with a washer, so that when the wind blows, it spins the pie tin causing the washer to bang against it making a noise. So far, 1year, no...
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    Help! My Chickens have not laid eggs in several Months~

    You might also want to add oats to their diet.
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    welded wire instead of hardware cloth?

    I've got the 2x4 welded wire and just to put icing on the cake, I added an electric fence at the bottom all the way around about a foot off the ground, and at the top. I grounded the 2x4 wire with a ground rod so that any predator that got past the the bottom electric wire, would come in contact...
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    My chicken is a bully!

    Just teasing, that was a joke.
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    My chicken is a bully!

    Sounds to me like it may be gumbo time, with Ash as the main ingredient
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    Best dewormer for general use?

    That's fine. I just use that as an indication that my birds need to be wormed, and so far, it's been pretty successfull for me.
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    Best dewormer for general use?

    Kind of makes you wonder what chickens used to deworm themselves in nature before they became domesticated thousands of years ago in China and India
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    Best dewormer for general use?

    From what I understand, to use oregano, thyme, ACV, is a dewormer. I've used these in clearing up signs in my birds of having worms (squirts, poop on the eggs) successfully.
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    Best dewormer for general use?

    Really, the only point of interest that I can reference is the Perdue Chicken Co uses Oregano as part of their organic antibiotic regimen.
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