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    Thick egg membrane and hard boild eggs?

    The best advice I've ever gotten about hard boiling eggs came off of this site! Instead of boiling the eggs, steam them for 15 minutes. I've done this with 1 day old eggs and they are very easy to peel. Told my mom the same thing and she steamed an egg the day it was layed and said she will...
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    What are you doing to get your coop/run ready for winter?

    Quote: Try looking at some greenhouse suppliers on the web. We have a commercial greenhouse business so we always have some left over from repairing one of the houses.
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    Hotwire around run

    Thank you all for your suggestions. I tested the fence out this morning with a ground rod (rebar) driven 3 feet deep. We are currently in a severe drought (3/4 inch of rain since June) so I figure if I have a good ground at this depth, I should be good during a normal year. I used a...
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    Hotwire around run

    I'm hoping it's grounded good. We've got the fence buried 4" into the ground and T posts attached to the fence every 6 feet. The T posts are driven into the ground about 18". Do you think I should wire up a ground rod also? Maybe drive it in to 3 or 4 feet?
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    ***OKIES in the BYC III ***

    sjarvis00, thanks I got the email.
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    given 200# rice - ok to feed to chickens

    If uncooked rice killed birds, there would be exploded ducks and geese all over central Arkansas!
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    ***OKIES in the BYC III ***

    Sjarvis, I'm new on here but would really appreciate it if you could send me the email also. Thanks! [email protected]
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    best material for roosting poles?

    I'm using the rough bark section cut off of cedar trees when they cut them to make posts. If you have any kind of sawmill in your area, you might be able to pick some up for free. They range in width from 10" on one end to 4" at the other end. The chickens seem to love them and they can get a...
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    Hotwire around run

    Quote: Don't have to worry too much about burrowing predators, mostly raccoons and / or opossums. I've placed the wires at about 4" and then again at about 12", hopefully this will work. My chicks are in a very secure coop at night, so I'm mainly just trying to be on the safe side. I'm very...
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    Hotwire around run

    My run fence is 5 foot tall 2X4 welded wire. I'm planning on running a hotwire around the perimeter of the fence (on the outside). I'm planning on running one wire at approx. 6-8 inches above the ground and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for the height of a second hotwire? I'm...
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    Golden Laced Wyandotte Thread!

    Here's some of my GLW's. The first is of Jason and Alexis at around 2-3 weeks. Here's Alexis with here best Silver Laced Friend Maxey at 12 Weeks. And Jason at 12 Weeks giving me the staredown!! All of our wyandottes have turned out to be very friendly birds with the exception of Jason...
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    ***OKIES in the BYC III ***

    Ah, yes, we've had many special-occasion dinners at Romas cool You ought to come over on Tuesday some time, and stop by the big poultry auction between Durant and Blue! I've had a few friends go to that auction back in the spring, they really liked it. I'm afraid the wife might change the...
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    And... I just put cedar chips in my coop...

    At least you checked before using. I just willy nilly threw in cedar because I like the smell. Oops!!th Well, actually your post made me check. I'd just told the wife this morning that it should be fine as I'd only heard of cedar causing a problem before.
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    And... I just put cedar chips in my coop...

    Don't mean to hijack the thread, but a buddy of mine just brought me a huge bag of Black Walnut shavings. He's building a dining room table and thought I might use the shavings. Does anyone know if Black Walnut is safe to use in a coop or nesting box? Thanks! Sorry about that post, I did a...
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    And... I just put cedar chips in my coop...

    Don't mean to hijack the thread, but a buddy of mine just brought me a huge bag of Black Walnut shavings. He's building a dining room table and thought I might use the shavings. Does anyone know if Black Walnut is safe to use in a coop or nesting box? Thanks!
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