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    A little help if y'all don't mind

    Here are some pics. As I said before the chicks in question are the yellow ones with a little grey spot on their head. Anyone have any idea what these fellas might be?
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    A little help if y'all don't mind

    Dear BYC, I'm so excited, my chicks arrived today from the hatchery. I was surprised with six extra chicks that were shipped for warmth and I do not know what breed they are. I don't have a photo yet but I will upload one soon. However, their description is easy. They are solid yellow, clean...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    Thanks for the link, that was pretty helpful. I simply don't have the materials at the moment to set up a fourth brooder, though I can get them together if I must. We'll play it by ear and if I have to separate them I can. As far as the turkeys go, I was really hoping to get some bronze turkeys...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    Well, thank the LORD, I was able to get some turkey poults after all. A friend of a friend of a friend had some week old heritage turkeys for sale and I was able to get 1 Narragansett, 1 Spanish black, and 3 Royal Palms. I was hoping to put them in the same brooder with the chicks I already had...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    It will get hot in the summer, however, when the birds are older, during the day the door will be left open to allow the birds to roam in their pen where there will be some shade and to allow more airflow into the coop. Not to mention there is an opening around the entire ceiling for hot air to...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    Last weekend we put a little addition onto the roost. The original roost is a little high so hopefully this will give them a sort of stepping stone to the roost. Today my first babies were introduced to the coop. Things didn't go quite as planned, but you know how that is. Our local Southern...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    On April 5th, Easter Sunday, we pretty much finished the coop. We first set up the three panels of sheet metal the required minimal trimming, bringing the final wall almost all the way to the door. For the door we simply made a rectangle of 2x4s with a 5th piece of 2x4 going through the middle...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    On the 29th of March we put up the front wall of the coop. On the front wall the sheet metal only reaches halfway up the wall. The other half was covered with more hardware cloth to create a large window for lots of airflow in the muggy summers. When it gets colder I'll cover up part of it with...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    By the 17th of March, we nailed down the roof using 12ft long sheets of 2ft 5V metal siding. This is the same type of material that we would later use for the walls of the coop. We also put up the middle frame around the structure as well as the frame for the door. On the 18th we put up the...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

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    Coop of the Piedmont

    Thanks for asking. For this first go around our turkeys won't be anything special. Half broad breasted bronze and half broad breasted white. My favorite color is the bronze because it makes me think of the wild turkey and I love the sheen from their feathers. Depending on how things turn out...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    We are actually going to be making two coops, but we are only building one from scratch. The second coop we are going to re-purpose from an old dog kennel. On the 13th of March we set up the four corner posts for the 1st coop. We put two 10ft posts in the front (the end nearest the tractor) and...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    Thanks 21hens, I figured what better way to kill several birds (no offense) with one stone. This little spot has sat unused for years and has served as nothing but a haven for weeds, mosquitoes and junk. Now we'll be putting it to good use, mitigating the spread of an invasive species, my birds...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    In January we began to cut down all of the trees and brush that we would be removing. We waited until winter so all the foliage would die back and it would be easier to get into the area to cut down the trees. My dad has a wood furnace he uses to heat his shop so we saved anything firewood sized...
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    Coop of the Piedmont

    The place is the northern Piedmont of North Carolina, in Person County. Winters here are cold but usually not severe and summers are hot and humid. I'm still living with my parents at the moment, but I've undertaken this project with their blessing and my Dad's help. We chose a spot right across...
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