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    anybody raise sprouts to feed the chickens?

    My wheat grass trays. Easy to do for sure. They love it too.
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    Comment by 'Lordsia' in article 'Barn Style Coop With 4x10 Run In A Suburban Neighborhood'

    Brilliant! I wish I had the room to do this. And the talent...
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    Any Hawaii Folks on BYC?

    Aloha all. I am in Makakilo and have had some bad luck already with my flock. My own dog killed 5 young ones. I didn't realize she could open the coop run door. I fixed that problem by installing a real chain link gate leading to the area, now she can't get to the run at all. But the I lost the...
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    Aquaponics

    I use black cinder and hydroton mixed. Much better than the red cinder I was using. The Ph would not lower at all. It stayed above 8.0.
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    Aquaponics

    I just moved into a house after living in a condo. My system is small, but starting to take off. This is what is was on my patio.... Cherry tomato went wild! And okinawan sweet potato did well too.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I finished building 3 raised beds to put in my front yard. I have three compost piles going that I will use to partly fill them. Then next month I will get some good soil and start planting! Made from heat treated pallets. 3.5 ft by 3.5 ft and one foot deep.
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    What food can I raise?

    I grow celery and it grows pretty fast. I do not use all the leaves, so I give the excess to the chickens. Just like normal gardening. Anything you don't use they can eat. Stuff just grows faster typically in aquaponics.
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    What food can I raise?

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/682766095092833/ This is a small facebook group for aquaponics. Another good site is aquaponicsinparadise.com there is a pretty good forum there too.
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    Finished coop and nesting boxes

    So I finished my coop and nesting box today. All made from pallets, so it is a little rough, but I only spent money on the roof! My chicks are only 4 weeks old, give or take a few days.
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    Aloha

    5 creme legbars, 1 white creme legbar and one Rhode Island red. All female, except the red, too young to tell. All about 3 weeks old.
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    Aloha

    Here is my run with the coop in it. And also my 7 chicks. I went to get 4 and the guy gave me more for free. He had too many! I also plan to free range them in my yard when I am home.
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    New baby, 3 or 4 days old

    A few people did say bantam variety for sure. Thanks for your input.
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    New baby, 3 or 4 days old

    Someone dropped of this baby chick at my work yesterday. They said they found it in their yard the night before. She is super tiny. Just today she finally started to peck the food a little bit. Any clues to what she might be? I live on Oahu and there are plenty of feral chickens around for sure...
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    Aloha

    Thanks all for the welcome. I am adding a pic of where I will add my chicken run. I will have a coop in the back and use chicken wire to cover the wood fence and go over the top. Then bring it in and create a door to walk in. Probably about 12 feet out and it is almost 5 feet wide.
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    Aloha

    So I finally moved into a house with a nice yard and I am almost ready to add chickens! I have been wanting to for years, but living in a condo prevented that from happening. I have a nice yard with a huge mango tree, plenty of shade, 6 foot tall fence for most of the yard and nothing behind my...
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