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    What do you do to maintain your chickens.

    Last year I got 5 hens from my neighbor so she could cut down on expenses. The covered part of the chicken run is where the wood chicken coop is. I put plastic over the top to make it easier to clean up the poop as my hens like to spend the night on the top of the coop. I get pine shavings...
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    Water logged

    I am in SE Alabama and a few weeks ago we had 7 inches of rain. My chicken run was like a swamp. I waited for it to dry and put down top soil in the uncovered area and pine shavings in the covered area. then I put 3 inch thick concrete blocks/pavers in some areas in the uncovered section and...
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    I loved those wing windows. Let in air w/o the rain. My 1956 Chev was a 3 on the column and my last manual was a 4 on the floor, a Nissan Pulsar, which they no longer make. The beam switch was very handy where it was on the floor. I remember having to use hand signals, still remember how...
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Just saw another post about phone booths. I forgot about them too. Old age? I remember always having a dime to make a phone call and then it was 25 cents. Now they are gone. So if one does not have a cell phone, one is in trouble should something happen on the road. Britain had some lovely...
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    I forgot about the checks. And they do not know how to count back change either. If the cash register does not tell them how much to give back, they have no clue. Boggles the mind for sure.
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    I learned on a manual transmission myself. I avoided automatics like the plague. But when I got into my 60's I thought that perhaps my reflexes were not as fast and finally got an automatic. But I am a 2 footed driver, using one foot for the brakes. The left foot lost its job. LOL
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    1974 and a couple of years before.
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    I do not remember using an operator as I knew no body far away. But I do remember party lines. We had to use one until a private line became available. And paying for long distance calls. Makes me feel old at 77. Young kids today do not know how to tell time on a clock, never will know...
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    There was an energy shortage as some ships? tankers were not allowed in. So the odd/even days. I was in NJ at the time and could go to 5 points and see the tankers sitting in the ocean.
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    Newbie

    Thanks for the info. I will look into something for them. My run is not as big as yours but will find something suitable.
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    I remember gas being 26cents a gallon when I was in high school.
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    Newbie

    I live in SE Alabama now. Moved up from Florida as I was tired of being scared of hurricanes. We had 7 inches of rain here last week and that is what got me worried about the wood. Normally, it is not wet here but with climate change who knows what will happen. I did raise the wood coop...
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    Newbie

    Thanks for the idea. I had thought of mulch but not sure if that is good for them. The original kind not the coloured stuff. That is more like rubber if I remember correctly. I have to get what I can carry as I am in my 70's now. I manage the 50lb bag of feed well enough though. Another...
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    Newbie

    That is what I thought so thank you for confirming. I have some 2" thick cement blocks so I will put the coop on them.
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    Newbie

    I started in July with 5 chickens. My neighbor wanted to reduce the number that she had. I chose not to have a rooster. From what I have been told they are about 2 yrs. old. I have a wood chicken coop inside a fenced chicken run. I guess my question is that the wood coop is on the ground...
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