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    Texas

    Great news Toko! Thanks to the new owners 👍!
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    Texas

    20*here with wind chill of who knows what. Everything covered with ice and/or "snice" (snow + ice). Can't believe the power has not gone out yet, given the Big Freeze 2021, although this time around we have generators. Still......:fl Girls were relocated to the barn, into the Barn Coop/Run...
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    Texas

    X4 although we have a generac generator for the house and a loud, gasoline portable generator for some equipment in the barn. Guess I can't complain! :hmm Girls will be in barn lockdown maybe tonight, definitely Sat/Sun/Mon a.m. to keep them out of mega wind chill. Haven't heard a thing from...
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    Texas

    Welcome, Robert. Whereabouts are ya' in TX?:)
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    Heated base for waterer: your thoughts on this product?

    UPDATE: (didn't know how to update the title). Last night temps were in the 20's. Got to the coop this a.m. and the Lil' Clucker heated base had apparently activated at some point overnight, still slightly warm but no longer "on". I'll take it as good news, as I wasn't certain exactly how the...
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    Wintertime greens

    None of my girls has ever liked 'salad' greens, go figure. Lately I've been buying a small bag of pet rabbit-sized alfalfa at TSC. Mostly stems but as someone mentioned, I put a fist-sized clump out and the girls peck and scratch through it. I have found that it tends to make one of my BAs...
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    Bullied hen needs new home

    Might get more rapid responses to your posting if you can put your location in the title of your post :)
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    When a Hen Passes...

    Yes, each of my pet hens, upon her passing (so long as there are enough remains), is wrapped in something (old t-shirt, towel, etc) and buried in the Garden of Memories in a far corner of my barnyard under a grove of live oak trees. I usually dig the graves myself. Then I order a small engraved...
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    Texas

    Ditto for those notorious February freezes.🥶 Bees are getting into the chicken feed here too, black-crested titmice singing their spring songs, and I had bumblebees a couple weeks ago. If we could get some decent rain we'd need to call this month "April".
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    Heated base for waterer: your thoughts on this product?

    My Pavestone is actually sitting on a 2" thick small concrete brick, so not as bulky/heavy as the Pavestone but gives just the extra added height to keep my pine shavings out of the water fount. Installed the Lil' Clucker heated base day before yesterday. Night temps in the 30's with a...
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    Heated base for waterer: your thoughts on this product?

    Weather has been so "spring-like" that I haven't even installed it yet :hmm! I tested it and it fired right up, so to speak. Will probably put it into my coop within a week or so, along with the metal waterer on top, just so girls can get used to seeing the entire setup before we get a surprise...
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    Need a new, improved run. Pics please!

    For Ccort: sorry don't have pics but here are the lattice panels I staple the plastic sheeting to: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Style-Selections-1-4-in-x-48-in-x-8-ft-White-Vinyl-Traditional-Lattice/5014658831 Used during winter, hung/zip-tied/attached to the frame of the run and to the HW cloth...
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    Need a new, improved run. Pics please!

    We added an 8x10 run extension to an existing small run a few years ago. Used 2x6" treated lumber as a sill plate (is that correct terminology??) which sits on top of 8"x12"x2" flat concrete pavers as a perimeter foundation. The framework of the run is 2x4s. For the roof we used metal roof...
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    Free chickens

    Suggestion: put the breeds, sexes and certainly city/state where you live, in the title of your post. It helps potential adopters to know the info when scanning the titles. Thanks!
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    2 New 1 year old hens into flock of 2

    For starters can you simply expand the holding area to include the entire space underneath the poop deck? Just add another HW cloth panel in front, which might add some much-needed space for the newbies. Could you create separate, supervised areas by using some type of fencing panels outside the...
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