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    Vegans of BYC!!

    I used to work in a long term care home for traumatic brain injured folks, so I've had it three times in fairly quick succession. You have to let me know what you think of the pineapple, slice it thick!
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    Vegans of BYC!!

    I'm 97% veggie. I crave meat about once a week and then it's usually one bite and I don't enjoy it, hubby gets the rest. I do eat the eggs my layer hens lay, but not the Serama eggs. I don't eat chicken at all. It's my aim to just garden my way out of the supermarket. Hubby is a full on...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Protect Your Chickens From Predators?

    I have enclosed runs with hardware cloth and both run and coop have paved floors and there is a double wide section of pavers on the outside of the coop/run also. There are a lot of stray dog packs and feral cats around here. Even humans are not immune to dog attacks, and it's necessary to take...
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    First official egg as a chickenkeeper!!

    Congrats! :-)
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    Ended 2023 BYC Calendar Photo Contest—We Need Your Pictures!

    'Hello there, gorgeous!'
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    To insulate or not, that is the question

    I've got Seramas and they don't do well below 40 degrees. My roost area is insulated and I use a Cozy heater in there. I also have lots of insulated boxes that they can go into if it gets crazy cold. I wrap the bottom half of the run because the winds can be brutal, but the top half allows for...
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    Chicken Coop to Green House

    I had one of these collapse under 4 feet of snow and it just buckled and snapped. I had two more just like it and I supported those with iron pipe that I got from Home Depot and put it exactly where the purple is in this diagram, and they did not collapse. I had made it into a greenhouse with...
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    Is salicylic acid safe for duck feet?

    Salicylic acid is aspirin. Commonly used for acne treatments as a skin topical. I know you can give aspirin in water to the duck as pain relief, so I don't see why you can't use it topically too. Just make sure you are not double dosing with oral and topical, just to be safe. Aspirin is a blood...
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    Adding duck enclosure to chicken coop

    My ducks are in with the chickens, as the chickens roost, the ducks sleep in their own corner and it works well. I've kept the two together for many years. Ventilation is key as ducks are wet breathers and if you live in a cold winter area, condensation leads to frost bite. Your plan looks...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I recycled some pallets into fence for my herb garden, and I've got two avocado stones growing into plants that I am going to transplant outside once they get established.
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    New fr Nz!

    Hello and welcome!
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    Truely Newbee

    Welcome to the world of chickens. Have a great time getting to know them, and welcome to BYC.
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    Hey there! First time flocker

    Welcome! Coop looks fab, and hens sound happy.
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    Hey there! First time flocker

    I'm originally from England. Born in Wallsend, Northumberland. Lived in Buckinghamshire growing up and then all over the place until moving to the USA 30 years ago. Whereabouts are you?
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    What's for lunch?

    Tomatoes from the garden chopped up with onions and basil, drenched in ACV and some black pepper and garlic. Poured over some hot rice noodles.
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