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    Tennessee

    Quote: Not to stray OT, but since you brought it up, I felt compelled to mention that the Blount County Beekeepers Association is an awesome organization, a very strong, active organization. I drive about 95 miles north to go to their educational programs from my area (near Chattanooga) as...
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    New home - how to move coops?

    Thanks for the responses. Building new - buying a house depleted my funds for a bit. Also, I imagine whoever buys my present home likely would not appreciate the coops in the backyard. gotta do something with them, hate to destroy them. Disassembly--this is a must on the 12x4. First coop...
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    New home - how to move coops?

    Moving to a nearby city, it's about 26 miles from my present home. I have 2 coops, the first is a 4'x12' a friend built for me. The second is a hoop coop built from 16' feed panels sold at Tractor Supply and elsewhere, a slightly modified version of the one shown here...
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    February is "Egg month"

    The owner of the feed store where I buy my layer feed is in the habit of saying "February is egg month in Georgia.". I'm just over the line in Tennessee, but his point is, I'm guessing, that the longer daylight hours lead to more girls laying. Do you find this true? I bought 6 Buff...
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    Adapting to New Digs - How Long Until . . . .

    Thanks, me too. That would make things simpler if one has a mixed age flock, for certain.
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    Adapting to New Digs - How Long Until . . . .

    I had started them on organic feed, however I'm not sure my hip pocket can stand that in the long run. I looked at the website for the feed I used and found a "grower/developer" they recommend "until the first egg" at which time they say switch to the layer. I'm still feeding them starter, and...
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    Adapting to New Digs - How Long Until . . . .

    A brief follow up: Let the ramp down Saturday a.m., at 1:30 p.m. none had come down into the run. So I gave them some assistance, but left 2 up in the coop to see if they'd follow on their own. Just the opposite happened, the 4 I assisted down to the run were upstairs by 6 p.m., 2.5 hours...
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    Adapting to New Digs - How Long Until . . . .

    While it can get humid here, the tractor is in a very cool spot, almost always in shade, and breezy, next to the woods. I had put another layer of pine shavings in this a.m. and didn't sense any discomfort or unpleasant odors. I'll keep this in mind and will let the ramp down earlier if I...
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    Adapting to New Digs - How Long Until . . . .

    So, it would be OK to leave them inside until the weekend say? Used the time I usually spend just staring at them to take pics. It started drizzling and the lens kept fogging, ergo, not the best photos. I got the tarp out with the idea of providing them more cover from the rain, but the...
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    Adapting to New Digs - How Long Until . . . .

    More progress: Saw them drinking out of the waterer. They definitely know where the water is and how to get it. Even though I got unsalted sunflower seeds, those still made the girls very thirsty. And about the sunflower seeds--that almost worked. They love them, of course, and would eat...
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    Adapting to New Digs - How Long Until . . . .

    Sunflower seeds! No, but I can get some, that sounds good! I can post pictures (never done so on BYC but have on other forms for many years, so I guess it's similar.) I was waiting until the tractor is painted before taking pictures, it looks like a shack without paint, IMO. I'll get some...
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    Adapting to New Digs - How Long Until . . . .

    Thank you for the suggestions with regard to the tractor, unfortunately, what is done is done. Believe me, before I even went and got the birds I started a list of things I wanted differently in my NEXT coop. Though this one is nice, it's shortcomings became apparent as the day to bring home...
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    Adapting to New Digs - How Long Until . . . .

    . . . they climb upstairs to the coop instead of sleeping all huddled in a corner of the run? . . . eat their crumbles, watermelon, etc., instead of or in addition to scratching the grass? . . . take a drink out of the waterer? I brought home six strikingly good looking Buff Orpington...
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    Need help with waterer - pvc pipe/hose, valve, nipples, bucket

    Howdy, sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I found this thread to be the most detailed and helpful information on this subject. My Home Depot had the PVC, the cap, the leader hose and the bulkhead union, but the bulkhead union wouldn't thread the leader hose beyond a half turn. I returned it...
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    Tractor Fencing: Where to sign up for Fencing 101?

    I've studied on the options for "wiring" my tractor for a day or two now, and concluded the following: 1) A day or two is not sufficient to learn the ins and outs of chicken wire, hardware cloth, welded wire, etc. for an individual with no prior knowledge of same. 2) Raccoons, possums...
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