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    Worried about mail order chicks with usps slow service

    They started a stair stepping price. For females: Tier 1 starts at $5.32 Tier 2 $5.54 Tier 3 $5.90 Tier 4 $6.39 Tier5 $6.64 Tier 6 $11.31 (this is where most of the chicks i was wanting are priced) They aren't even that unusual. Specifically olive eggers. This is ideal poultry catalog. The...
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    Worried about mail order chicks with usps slow service

    I think I was looking on Ideal poultry magazine. I was shocked at the price hike this year. Last year there were 1/2 that.
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    Texas

    Ok, sorry to hear that. If or when you get it all sorted, please message me, as I would like to add specific breeds to my flock.
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    Texas

    Nagem, Quick question. Do you sell hatching eggs from your Ameraucana’s? I noticed you are just 30 min away from me, and I am actually looking for different breeds to hatch. Looking for 15-20 eggs later in the month.
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    Worried about mail order chicks with usps slow service

    Yes, i was afraid of this. I kind of figured that if they (USPS) cant handle priority next day shipments in 1 day, then they certainly wouldn’t get priority shipping on time. I am not going to drive to MO to get them, so i guess i will stick with Ideal poultry and just drive there. On another...
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    Worried about mail order chicks with usps slow service

    Hi there, I am not new to ordering chicks, it’s just has me concerned with all the slowing down of the USPS shipments this last year or more. I am in south Texas, so in the past I have ordered from Ideal, and not had problems. I was a little nervous last year when I ordered from Ideal, so I just...
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    Converting 10 hole metal nest to roll out?

    Yes, that is the one. I am afraid if I screw it up, it will either cut them, or I will be left with a useless nest box
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    Converting 10 hole metal nest to roll out?

    Yes, thank you. If I can figure out how to configure the front metal part, I will be good to go
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    Converting 10 hole metal nest to roll out?

    Hi, I am looking for ideas to convert several 10 hole metal laying boxes into a front roll out. Has anyone done this with success? I have looked for ideas, and can’t find any for the conversion for the metal nesting boxes. I would need to remove the entire front, however all I can find online...
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    Bumble Foot No Kernal

    Ok, wow! That looks very uncomfortable for him. I have a hen who had similar swelling , and like yours the bottom seemed fine. I soaked, and made a small incision in the area with the most swelling. If I remember correctly we had to really force the pus out and yes, there was a bit of blood. Her...
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    Thinking About a Large Pole-Barn Coop in DFW — Need Opinions!

    Couple more things… Knowing that the hardware cloth was a great dust collector, i might think about the 1”x1” wire for the top area only. I have to dust it off weekly. The less i dust it, the more the fans need to be dusted.
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    Thinking About a Large Pole-Barn Coop in DFW — Need Opinions!

    Hi there as far as the winter goes all I do is I put a tarp over the front because that’s where most of the wind and the cold comes in and I only put it down maybe one or two days out of the entire winter, it doesn’t get that cold here. I don’t ever put any heat source of any kind because of...
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    Thinking About a Large Pole-Barn Coop in DFW — Need Opinions!

    Hey there, yes thats my coop in Southern Texas! I love the space we have for the girls, yet wish I had built a dedicated room(think concrete floors/solid wall for feed storage) Right now i use large trash cans to store all the feed, but of course the chickens roost on them every night and I love...
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    Possible Bobcat ( behavior unusual )

    Yes it sure is. How many have you lost to the bobcat? I am sorry you are now dealing with it.
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    Possible Bobcat ( behavior unusual )

    Thank you all for the help. We found out it was a bobcat. I saw it a few more times, and shot at it, may have nicked it, but it never did return. It killed so many hens, and several roosters. I never did understand why it came around every 2-3 hours, just to kill 8 or so hens then leave, only to...
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