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    Deep litter method?

    Deep littler makes sense, its like sheet mulching and laying down cover crops or anything else for that matter. It seems like the top layer is essentially really porous dirt/straw mixture, that eventually goes down to straight soil through composting. You wouldn't want to add anything for the...
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    Time out of the Coop and Run

    Having golf balls will encourage your chickens to lay only in your nest boxes? A decoy egg. Neat idea.
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    How to become self-sufficient (kinda) with chickens.

    Our rainbarrells are enclosed 55gallon barrels connected together with PVC. So we don't have too much of a problem with bugs getting in, except for the random one to find its way through our roof runoff filter. But friends use the oil method and they say it works. I think they occassionally skim...
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    Oregon

    Yeah for Oregon, especially Portland. I maybe a refugee from the inner mountain West to this great city but this my new home. I don't suppose there is anyone from the SE here?
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    How to become self-sufficient (kinda) with chickens.

    Quote: Thought I would comment on this. A quarter cup of olive oil, well any kind of cooking oil, on your rain barrels will prevent mosquitoes from being able to lay. And since its oil its always on top. Also you should have your barrels covered and a filter if you are running from a...
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    Another Portlander

    Hi Everybody, so I am new here obviously and this is a small story... I used to live in Idaho and my neighbors had chickens. Then I moved to the big city and with my own little organic garden we, my partner and I, thought chickens would fit right in. Unfortunately I won't be able to have any...
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    Brooder Flooring

    Thank you everyone for your responses. I think pine shavings might be the way to go in the end. It would be nice to add some chick poop and browns to the compost anyways. Ohh I can't wait, I can't wait.
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    Brooder Flooring

    Hi, this may be a dumb question but I also just wanted to post and find out. So my partner and I are getting chicks soon and we are having a fairly heated discussion on how to make the brooder. She being from Maine says newspaper is alright. Me reading Keep Chickens am opting for a tight grated...
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