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    Cameras for 2018- What do you recommend for 2018-2019?

    Reading Backyard Chickens' search function for "cameras" brings me back to 2011, for example. Prices and technology have changed. What do you think would be good tech for a good price for 2018-2019? [Sorry if I do not know how to use the search function efficiently to find the most recent camera...
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    What can I do to make this a good baby chick brooder-type area (besides cleaning it up)?

    By the way what kind of bedding substrate? I have been using the compressed sawdust pellets for all of my past baby chicks. Is that good ? I'm not sure that wood shavings are in good supply around here [small town] --or the cost compared to the pellets. I plant to put a wood railing on the...
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    What can I do to make this a good baby chick brooder-type area (besides cleaning it up)?

    It also has a plus of one long wide shelf 33in deep and 7ft 2in long. Here are the other measurements= 16in above the floor and the opening is 33in high. My father is willing to make the doors with hardware cloth [not chicken wire?] --he has so many wood-working tools his big garage can barely...
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    What can I do to make this a good baby chick brooder-type area (besides cleaning it up)?

    OK here is the shelf *somewhat* cleaned up. The floor is next, I just wanted to get it here quickly so sorry for temporary mess. It loos like those supporting beams under the top shelf [top shelf is WAY too high for me--I'm 5'2 eyes a blue....] and the white ledge on the right look like they...
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    What can I do to make this a good baby chick brooder-type area (besides cleaning it up)?

    Thank you on the idea of using the shelf. And the fact that birds do feel intimidated by being lower than their possible predators I know quite well from working with an avian exotic veterinarian [in the same building as the emergency clinic I worked in--so heard and saw so much great handling...
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    What can I do to make this a good baby chick brooder-type area (besides cleaning it up)?

    Thank you for answering this day. I kept checking back and found your answer. Nice. Looks like that room has 137sqft [minus the 3.5x4ft closet]. It also has a plus of one long wide shelf 33in deep and 7ft 2in long. It has two windows one going into the chicken coop and one going to the...
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    What can I do to make this a good baby chick brooder-type area (besides cleaning it up)?

    One of my hens is recovering from "sour crop" here for now, but in March my mother will give me 25 Australorps newly hatched babies.
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    Need help finding breed of dog that is right for my family UPDATE #43

    Former veterinary nurse here. The breed is not the key, the individual **temperament** of the dog is the BIG factor that will make or break it. You can do a temperament test on the prospective dog Then #2 is proper training. Knowing the breed/s can give clues but will not "seal the deal"...
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    Pit bull and his peeps.

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    I just moved here, how do I improve my coop?

    Great inexpensive ideas, thank you elmo lol the day i moved in the side with the gap at the top was wide open! About a 5 foot opening, so we screwed in a piece of plywood to at least keep the cold wind and weather less--so, i can get that wire up there no prob- - The door would need a hinged...
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    I just moved here, how do I improve my coop?

    here is the back of the coop [we just replaced the roof of the garage --that is next to the coop] here is the outside pen: here is the inside view of the roof--i am not happy about that material for the roof--among other things it is really loud when it is windy, no insulation from...
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    Pit bull and his peeps.

    THIS is the javelina: the javelina is native pig-like animal with long teeth --sometimes they will charge you like a wild pig would my pit bull kept one that we met from charging me --they would eat baby chicks if they could get to them. All of my other dogs are rescues that i got from my...
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    How many chickens would it take to control grasshoppers in the summer

    great ides guys! i will post the picture of the grasshopper and the coop later-- my chickens peck them to death and gobble them up--i guess they taste good my coop looks like it can hold 20-30 chickens as far as roosting space but --it would be a lot of clean up ---the coop area has a fenced...
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    Pit bull and his peeps.

    Here is my male pit bull a few years ago with the brand new babies. He can take on a javalina but would not hurt my chickens. Good Boy!
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    How many chickens would it take to control grasshoppers in the summer

    Just a reduction in their numbers would be fine. Some of the breeding adult grasshoppers get to be 3 inches long and they are very colorful --blue, purple, red, green n black. Just give me a number estimate for what it would take to reduce the number of grasshoppers--i want to grow a...
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