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    Post Your Chicken Yard Pictures!

    Amazing! Those look like some happy chickens. Has the electric chicken fencing been good at keeping predators out? We have been battling a fox problem all summer. Hence why I ended up building a run instead of free ranging.
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    Post Your Chicken Yard Pictures!

    I am looking for ideas for a more open chicken yard. I currently have a 12x6 run, but want to expand to a bigger space so my birds can have grass, shade, more places to dust bathe, etc. What does your yard look like? What type of fencing? Do you cover the whole area or is there a height you've...
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    Nest Box Tips

    Thank you! They sure are a mess. This morning they scratched out half the bedding, and a couple fake eggs!
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    Nest Box Tips

    Ill post a picture when i go out to the coop next. But basically they are at ground level, with a ledge that the chickens can stand on. They are built into a prefabed coop.
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    Nest Box Tips

    Hello Fellow Layer Friends- I have 13 girls, about 6 or 7 whom just started laying in the last few weeks & am wondering if anyone has tips or tricks to get my stubborn girls to lay in their nest box. Right now, i am getting about 5 or 6 eggs a day. 3 of them are regularly laid in a box. The...
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    Speckled Egg

    Beautiful rainbow of eggs!
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    Speckled Egg

    Just wanted to show off our Winnie the Welsummers first speckled egg. I'm in love!
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    Ended Official BYC Valentine Puns Contest Series - Barred Rock My World Photo Contest

    Entry #2: This is Miss Pickle. She's one solid chicken
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    Comment by 'SophiaSussex' in article 'Managing Manure: What to do with all the poo'

    We mix it in our manure pile along with the cow and llama manure. Every spring we till it into the garden a few weeks before planting & use sparingly throughout growing season to fertilize.
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    My fermentation process

    I am now on Day 2 of my fermentation experiment. Im using a four bucket/4 day process. Each day i switch the scratch to the next days bucket, add water so that there is an inch excess of the grain, and replenish bucket 1 with new. Day 4 has holes in the bottom and will have a drip pan under it...
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    Ended Official BYC Valentine Puns Contest Series - Barred Rock My World Photo Contest

    Sweet Penny eating her chicken oatmeal as she recovers from illness in our kitchen
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    Meet my Chick!

    What a handsome boy 😍
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    Meet my Chick!

    Trump with his little fuzzy head that looks like a toupee has me cracking up. They are all adorable.
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    First Egg!!

    For sure! I celebrated with breakfast for dinner! 🍳
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    First Egg!!

    Thank you!!
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