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    Chicken Tractor Pics

    The base is made of 6 - 2x6x10's so it is 20' long, 10' wide. The cattle panels are 52" (or so) x 16 feet. The corners and sides are reinforced with whatever wood I could find lying around and everyting is assembled using decking screws. All told it cost a little under $500 in parts. It...
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    Chicken Tractor Pics

    Gene for the win!!! Quote: Bradley GT II Kitcar based on a VW chassis...
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    Chicken Tractor Pics

    From a design from Backwoods or one of the homesteading mags.. The old "winter" pens. Bordering the woods - lost many birds to digging varmints, mink, etc. Here's the new place, freshly moved from a wet area (not usually a wet area but it has been a monsoon here... 1 week of busy digging...
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    Bear killing bunnies !! Can we shoot it ?

    Sounds like the bear may have wandered off into other pastures anyway. Personally, I think any bear that is bold enough to encroach this close to human dwelling is going to be a problem in the near future. There is plenty of food about this time of year in it's usual habitat. We have many...
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    Bear killing bunnies !! Can we shoot it ?

    SSS Shoot Shovel Shut up (aka don't brag about it to anyone) Works for most farm incidents. Unlikely the DNR will prosecute you anyway. I knew a 90 year old guy with bees. A bear kept mauling his hives. He told the DNR who threatened him with a fine if he disposed of the bear out of season...
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    Chicken run ands coop - planning stages

    Quote: I have a patient who has some Anatolian-Great Pyr crosses that I can get for free. Might be the plan. Phil
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    Chicken run ands coop - planning stages

    Howdy all, The old pen is over 15 years old and the fencing has disintegrated to the point that raccoons have made some inroads and killed a good many birds this year. I am moving the pen far away from the woods to an enclosure where I used to keep my alpacas and llamas. Currently is is 138'...
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    Serama - plural or singular?

    Ha, here is a ramble. Is Serama singular with the plural Seramas. Would the group be called Seramae? Is singular Seram? Anyone know for sure? Seramaman?
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    baby chicks dying

    Lisa, I received 26 last week from Ideal. Lost 1 the first day after unpacking and none since. My setup mirrors yours, except mine are on last years second cut hay. they are also Malay for the most part and have gotten HUGE in 1 week. I used their blue gel the first week and I give them...
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    would you raise chicks in these conditions?

    Quote: Let me gt this right... you have 12 birds and 1 duck in a 2 foot by 6 foot area? Debi! You ough to know me better by now! lol No these belong to some friends of ours, DH works with him and our kids are best friends, so its a delicate situation... You may be seen as the chicken...
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    Standard Games Miner Blue

    Quote: I would imagine "not bantam" Game. Nice looking birds.
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    BCM yearling becomes a surrogate mommy hen!

    It is so interesting when nature takes over! My daughter (9) has been trying to explain to me the biology of it all....
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    BCM yearling becomes a surrogate mommy hen!

    Howdy all, My black copper maran pullet who will turn 1 about mid summer did something very interesting last night. It was pretty cold and the chicks are in an old rubber feed bucket with a heat lamp and some chicken wire on top. It is located inside the henhouse. the BCM squeezed into the...
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    I confess...

    Hi, my name is Phil (Hi Phil) I am a chickenaholic... I accidentally ordered 25 chicks recently from Ideal. I also accidentally put 20 large breed and 6 serama eggs into my Marsh Roll-X incubator. I am hand turning the serama eggs. I am fencing in a full acre to roam my chickens. This is not...
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    Fuzzy butts from Ideal arrive - oriental assortment

    Quote: Sounds like you don`t have much experience with orientals. The breeds you just got are all gamefowl. At some point, probably by 6 mos of age, they will cease to play well with each other. It`s good you are looking foreward to dealing with them as all the males will need to be penned...
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