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    Barred Rock Rooster or Hen?

    I thought so. 4 yrs ago we hatched 14 buff orpingtons, and 8 ended up roosters. This time we hatched 18 mixed flock, and its looking to be 10 roosters. Such is our luck. :barnie:D
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    Barred Rock Rooster or Hen?

    I think this is a Rooster, but I want to get opinions before I give it away. 10 weeks old. Large red comb already. The barring and coloring is lighter than 2 others I have (not pictured). They all came from the same hatchery (ordered as eggs that we hatched :) ) Also the other two barely have a...
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    Hatching Eggs near Raleigh NC?

    Does anyone know where I can buy hatching eggs in NC? I'm in the Raleigh area. Thanks!
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    How long do Lice nits last, do they ever fall off?

    NC. The weather has been in the 80s and 90s for the last couple months. Last year was hotter and they were laying fine.
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    How long do Lice nits last, do they ever fall off?

    Approx 3 months ago, all of my hens slowed down laying to almost nothing. They had plenty of water (theres actually a spring in the yard...they hardly drink from the watering can), good balanced layer feed, and seemed perfectly happy. But... I inspected them and found lice. We dusted them really...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    For mine they stopped throwing the feed out as soon as the sunflower seeds were gone.
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Did you change your feed up at all? Or add anything to it? I had my bucket filled with pellet feed, then dumped a bit of sunflower seeds in the bucket. When the seeds made their way to the bottom and they found it, they dug at the feed with their beaks and scattered it all over the place going...
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    Automatic garage door Chicken Door

    Been a while. Hoping someone else has tried this or the OP can respond. I'm close to buying a garage door opener off craigslist, but i'm really curious how the travel (the distance the chain moves) was shortened so much for this to work. I know that garage door openers have a knob to control to...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Just reporting back that I was able to fit the 4" elbow in with a 3" elbow on the same bucket. So i have 4" on one side of the bucket and 3" on the other. I was taking a chance by cutting one of the holes bigger to 4", but in the end it worked out. Also happy to report that the rooster is now...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Yeah, they are 3" street elbows from Lowes. Thanks for sharing the pics and info of your 4" bucket. I have 9 birds, so its good to know that you havnt had problems with just one 4" elbow with the 10 that you have. I actually noticed earlier on the Lowes site that those 4" sewer elbows were like...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    I think I may try your idea of using a 4" elbow. I just went back through the video feed from yesterday and confirmed how the rooster is eating: by butting in just about every single time he sees a hen eating. He'll stick his head near the hole till it pusher her out of the way, and in the...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Yeah i actually put it on blocks probably a week or so ago because I had that same thought. I've just left it like that rather than hanging it again. I think I may have reported a few posts up, but i also cut the part that goes into the bucket just a bit shorter and also angled the back/top of...
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    Supplemental Lighting, but leaving the coop door open

    So i added a light on a timer a few weeks back inside the coop, to try to keep the eggs coming. Right now it comes on around 5am. Sunrise is just after 7am. We leave the door between the coop and run open 24/7 (I know, not recommended, but if you saw our run, you would understand that nothing is...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Thanks for the responses everyone. I made mine with street elbows that I got at Lowes, kinda like described on page 1. They were fairly deep when installed. I would fill the cups up some with feed, the chickens would eat that, and then not touch it. I ended up trimming the inside about 1/2", and...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    I made a 2-hole feeder, using this design. Awesome idea. How long does it normally takes the chickens to figure it out? I put the new bucket feeder in a couple days ago and filled the holes up by hand a bit with feed so they could see it easier and figure it out. Well they ate all of that, and...
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