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    It's official, we aren't eating them, they have names.

    my kids named my turkeys when they were day olds.. they know we are eating them so they named them "Christmas" "Thanksgiving" "Easter" and "Freezer"
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    Hay or Pine Shavings

    deep litter method is baswicly just adding more and more bedding to the floor, allwoing you to go longer between cleans etc. dont think you can do it in a tractor, as the location will keep moving?
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    Hay or Pine Shavings

    I like straw cost effective and easy cleanup most people swear by shavings.. But I use the deep litter method so straw, and and pretty much anything I find (leaves, corn husks.. Etc.) are used Sent from my HTC Ruby using Tapatalk 2
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    Am I overrun with roos???

    they look alot like my RSL pullets. except for the one with a lot of white.
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    Best place to keep food/water?

    We keep ours in the coop.. they can come and go as they please through out the day (free ranged for now) building a run. I find it helps keep the birds closer, they tend to come back for a drink every now and then.
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    ideas for a shed conversion please

    I covnerted my shed to a coop last year. I added a lot of windows, and some nest box (just screwed milk crates to wall) and a 2X4 roost.. I use straw for the bedding.. works great, and is cost effective. shavings cost an arm and a leg to use. straw is around $2.50 a bale.. so it keeps cost down.
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    Coop with walk-in run price point?

    slightly bigger is never enough.. I had 8 chickens last year.. now my wife ordered 6 more.. and 4 turkeys.. plus a lady down the street just dropped off another 6 1 year hens... my advice is build it beg enough for 20. who knows what will happen a year from now.
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    How different are turkeys in relation to chickens?

    turkeys and chickens can be kept together, in the same coop if you have the room. GAME birds cant be kept near them such as pheasent and quail.
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    Light in coop

    my production was down really low.. around 2 eggs.. I added light in the morning only.. and it sook about a week, but my production doubled....
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    Found this rooster living in the woods next to my house!!! Help I want to catch him!! Someone droppe

    looks just like my sexlink rooster..
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    The shed is here.... OMG NOW WHAT!

    duno if it's been brought up or not, but have no floor, and just use the DLM method. works great on a dirt floor, and allows the chickes to forage while in the coop as well... - just my .5 cents
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    Cost of feed for your area? per 50# bag

    i just bought 40 KG.. (90 lbs) of layer pellets, for $26. I'm in Ontario, Canada
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    My Pullet/Cockeral wont stop crowing!!

    sounds like a cockeral.. with a sexuality issue?
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    My Pullet/Cockeral wont stop crowing!!

    im no expert.. but she looks ALOT like a he....
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    Explaining Chicken Math

    okay, I got no birds yet.. but I am planning to get 6 ready to lays next month - winters are cold and dont think chicks will survive in the coop with no heat. by cold I mean -10 celsius or colder over night. also I am planning to get 25 meat birds next spring. and maybe a few more laying...
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