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    DIY brooder

    I am in the process of making a new brooder. So far I have a base and will add wheels to the bottom. I am getting 1/4" plywood 4x8 sheet. I want to have a wire lid and a door on the short side for cleaning. I have noticed all the plastic tub brooders. The chicks I got from cackle in the fall...
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    Magazines

    Do any of you subscribe to any farm/chicken related magazines? I used to receive Bee Culture, American Bee Journal, Mother Earth News, Organic Gardening and I would pick up Grit, Countryside or one of the chicken ones if I found something interesting. Bee Culture/ABJ after a while it is the...
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    Lavender Orpingtons

    I have 1 rooster and 9 hens. I really would like to know about orpingtons - egg laying, temperament, dealing with cold/hot temps. I received these grown, but not laying yet. I haven't heard the rooster crow. The person I got these from said they came from a bloodline in France? They cost her...
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    Run size

    Thanks, I wondered if it was. I have it laid out and just didn't look big enough. Oh it will be predator proof. We have bobcats, coyotes, loose dogs....
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    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    Depression sucks. I am on so many meds now. I had a sort of break. George has cancer, after being free of it for 9 months it came back, dr said he had a 50% chance of making it a year, my mother - she was losing her grip with reality. Then she had a massive stroke, ended up in a nursing home...
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    Run size

    The coop is 6x8 with 10 orphs. I am building the run. The original run was 10x8 and about 7 or so ft tall. I was given the coop, birds and run frames. Eventually they will have free range time when they figure out this is home and I am bringing the food. I do know about chicken math, it is just...
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    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    Hello all. My husband has cancer. He was diagnosed 2 yrs ago. He has had chemo, 35 radiation treatments and Ivor Lewis surgery. He was cancer free for 9 months. It has returned in one lymph node and is currently getting chemo. He was told on his fb by someone (who was complaining about not...
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    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    When you go out into public PLEASE wear a mask! You have no clue if you are a carrier of the virus and you have no idea if the people around you are carriers. My husband is fighting a re-occurrence of cancer and we are both over 60. Others may have babies at home, have their parents living with...
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    calling any one from missouri

    I picked up 4 packages of bees today in Independence. The cold front was roaring in. I was hoping I would make it to our house before it hit here. We got out by the hives, in bee suits, just ready to open the boxes and dump the bees in and the wind just blasts in. I have never installed bees so...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest - Guess When We'll Reach 400,000 Members!

    5/01/20 7:00pm
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    I have questions...

    I have several. I was told I need to put my location in my profile. My name is "Martha in Missouri". How do I get to make my profile more specific? How high off the floor of the coop do the nesting boxes need to be? I was given a coop and the boxes are various heights. Two are about a foot off...
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    calling any one from missouri

    I am about 50 miles east of KC. It is in the 30's now. Might get warm, like 50 then it comes. I heard last night ice/sleet or couple of inches. But, the weather never listens to the weather man.
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    Coop interior

    I received a coop and 10 birds from a family member who couldn't take the chickens to their new home. The coop needs some work and I still have to construct the run. The interior walls are roof sheathing. Since I live in Missouri, I know this stuff won't last with the humidity. Will painting...
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    How do I find subjects?

    Thanks all. I kept clicking on the down arrow. Duh. :rolleyes:
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    How do I find subjects?

    If I want to find a certain subject/category how do I do that? Much has changed from when I was on here before. Thanks!
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