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    Can my royal palm eat chicken layer feed?

    Layer is fine, I mix corn in with it for winter just to add some warmth factor, I raised my guinea with my turkeys and now they aren't ever apart.
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    How much snow can a tarp hold?

    Looks really nice. Glad it worked out for you. :)
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    Containing water mess

    I made a raised platform out of an old box fan that wore out, I'll try to get pics tomorrow.
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    Ducks laying eggs in November???

    As long as you have food and water near she'll be fine. My ducks first clutch had 10 eggs with 4 hatching, second clutch had 48 with none hatching, thinks she got a little carried away, her clutches are smaller now, but I like to eat the eggs so she hasn't sat on any recently, With her last...
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    What Hatchery Has Best Bourbons?

    Thanks for all the replies and suggestions.
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    What Hatchery Has Best Bourbons?

    This is my first Thread Starter, So a long story short a few days before thanksgiving a couple dogs broke into my turkey runs,not through fence or hole, through the wood door, broke through the latch. I've got one hen left, maybe two if the second keeps healing, but I lost my toms and all the...
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    How much snow can a tarp hold?

    You would need to cut 2 liter pop bottles and put them on top of the posts upside down so the posts won't rip through your tarp. I had my first coop set up like that with the tarp stretched tight. The snow always slid off and if I got a build up I would just grab a broom and pull it down. The...
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    Help, my eggs are freezing,

    You could get seedling warmers, its a plug in pad you put under seedlings to keep them warm for germination.You could put them in your nestboxes under the straw, and since they never get over 75 degrees it wont burn the straw and cause a fire...
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    need advice from midwesterners

    As far as the rats and snakes, Get a good chicken proof bait box and don't leave stuff laying around to make homes for snakes, But you should be fine for anything else. As long as the chickens aren't boxed in summer and don't have a draft in winter they'll be fine. Hope your move goes good, I...
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    What happens in rainy season?

    Love to see some pics too.
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    What happens in rainy season?

    The pen will get muddy especially since its on the smaller side. They should be fine, I have some that feel the only time to be outside is if it is raining. For my birds with enclosed runs that are down to dirt I add sand and mulch so they have a drier base and something to scratch through. Wood...
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    Built a new coop

    You could hang a light in the coop at night that way they will head toward the light as it gets dark. The post above is how I do it on the coops that dont have power in.
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    Painted plywood as roof?

    Painting it would make it last a little while longer, but it will eventually leak and rot. If you weren't wanting to put a whole lot into it, you could just cover the plywood with a tarp and nail it in under the edges. That way the plywood would keep the tarp from sagging and the tarp keep your...
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    quick Coop question.....

    You would definitly want to insulate, You could use therma foil from farmtek.com. But i agree it would be like a fridge in winter and toaster in summer.
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    Electricity Needed for Out-Building - Need Suggestions!

    I got it at Rural King, http://www.ruralking.com/farm-innovators-3-gal-plastic-heated-poultry-fountain.html Thats the link to get to it.
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