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    Culling my roosters tonight...

    Last night We ate our roo that we processed on Monday, some herbs and slow roasting he was great
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    Culling my roosters tonight...

    We Processed our first Roo last night... 15 week old White Leghorn, it went surprisingly easy, My wife and I both worked on the DE feathering and de gutting, she used to work in a kitchen so she did a great job cleaning up the carcass and prepping it for the fridge to rest. I just ordered a...
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    Working on the coop

    Yesterday was a good coop day. Our birds are 8+ weeks old and since they are in the addition side(left side) of the older coop turned into shed, they need a way to get to the outside run(right side) So instead of actually moving the addition to the other side, I opted to build a "chicken...
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    Coop with walk-in run price point?

    my last run was 10 x 20 but only 5 feet high... big mistake, it didn't get cleaned or raked nearly as much as it should due to its height. I am building a new one soon and the height will be 6'6 and a big enough door for a wheelbarrow. price? more than I want I'm sure. Jim
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    Hello from Ma.

    Hello folks, My name is Jim, I think I used to be on this forum years ago but anyway, we had chickens with flocks from 4 to upwards of 60 hens at one time we had them for about 10+ years then got out of it for a few years. well I missed them and my wife hatched some at school again so here we...
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