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    Rooster is now crowing!

    I was laying in bed this morning at 6:25, just figuring out if I want to get up or try to sleep-in some more. I heard my kids - they got up early and were milling around in the kitchen. I then heard sound like woo-woo-woo very softly. I dismissed it as the kids fooling around. Then I heard...
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    New additions to the coop!

    Well, the tide has turned... When I got home this afternoon, the chickens are still broke apart into their cliques - the old, and the young. The rooster must have been upstaged by the old hens today, because his attitude is very different today - almost like he's watching his back constantly...
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    New additions to the coop!

    Yesterday, I added three buff orpingtons to the coop. I had wanted to get some chicks, because frankly I enjoy raising them, but I had a hard time finding some at the feed stores around here. I decided to go a different route, and found some young ones on Craigslist - two hens and a rooster...
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    my coop and run

    Very nice...I like the space.
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    Turkeys for the Backyard?

    Hey guys...I live in the suburbs, and I have chickens (all hens) but was thinking about getting a couple of turkeys. What are their space requirements? Are they very noisy? I hunt wild turkeys so I know about gobbling and hen yelping, I just didn't know if their domestic cousins were the same...
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    UGH Poop Staying on the Surface of Run. SO FRUSTRATED

    For my run, I just use bare ground - when the chickens have used it to the point that it hardens up and rain won't soak in anymore, or I notice a lot of manure on the surface, I use my roto-tiller to break up the ground and turn the soil. Have to do it every couple months or so.
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    What do I do?

    Yeah - when I'm out hunting I find turkey nests all the time...just leave it be and the hen will come back.
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    question about my turkeys tail feathers

    Looks like he's a youngun...still a jake.
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    Coop built for tv

    Beautiful...great coop!!
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    New coop, made from old dog pen

    I recently made a new chicken coop for my backyard, with some scrap wood from an old deck, and an old dog pen. The dog pen is approx. 8' x 12', and I tried to figure out a way to integrate some sort of coop, with a couple of nests and a roost, without cutting a hole in the fencing, like a...
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    My first chicken tractor...

    Quote: Good tip - thanks...
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    My first chicken tractor...

    Hey guys...I have wanted to make a chicken tractor for a long time and I finally broke down and made one with some scrap materials. It is about 3x9 in size. Back view, with access hatch for nest box: They found the nest I have it sitting in my garden, where they are taking care of...
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    Is it bad if the waterer is rusty?

    I had a galvanized water can that stayed pretty clean for about a year then it started to rust. If I changed the water in the can daily, the water quality was unaffected by the rust, but if I let it go a couple days, the water would get that horrid red color in no time. I switched to the...
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    how much money have you spent on your setup?

    I've probably got less than $100 in my current coop - I don't have any pics up yet, but the coop was made with mostly leftover building materials and scrap wood. The most cost went toward poultry fencing...
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    Is it time to put hens in my freezer???

    I thought about this myself, as when I got into doing this I just wanted eggs and I saw them more as pets. Since I got my new flock, I've decided to take a different approach to chickens now, keeping it 'strictly business' in anticipation of putting some meat in the freezer. Besides, if I...
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