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    Has anyone tried this feeder

    I made my own similar to that with a few 90 degree PVC street elbows and an extra bucket. It works great!
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Here's my coop and run. The coop is a pre-built from TSC. My wife has been looking into chickens for a while, but I've just gotten onboard with it. The coop looked like what we need for now, if we added a second run. After reading up on chickens, I wish I'd built my own... but then, I can't...
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    put tray under nipple waterer?

    Yeah, the horizontal nippels work great!
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    How Many Waterers do you Have?

    I have one 5 gallon bucket with four horizontal nipples. I have six, five-week-olds, so I don't know how it's gonna do yet, but it's lasted three days now and still has lots left in it.
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    best and cheapest place to buy dried mealworms?

    Walmart. Oddly, they're cheaper in the lawn and garden section than they are in the pet section.
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    freeze dried mealworms?

    My chickens go CRAZY for the freeze dried mealworms. (I find it almost magical that a chicken can turn something nasty like a worm into yummy food...)
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    3 out of 4 chicks killed by our dog

    :( The dog got one of our chicks, too. They were about a week old, so we got some new chicks that could go in the brooder with them. You could tell that the remaing two missed their flock mate. They're much happier now with the new chicks.
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    What do you have in your flock?

    We have: 2 RIR 2 barred rocks 2 Auracuna
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    Unbelievable mistakes

    Sheesh. Some people... This my first time with chickens, but five seconds on Google will clear up that kind of nonsense...
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    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    Both of my RIRs were skittish at first. Now (a week later) the one tolerates being picked up, and the other one will perch on my hand while I walk around.
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    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    Yeah, she was the sweetest one of them, too. Well, the kids learned a few life lessons...
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    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    Nugget (Easter Egger) died today. Doors got left open, and netting on the brooder got left off, and the dog got into them. The other two were all wet, but seem to be okay. :(
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    Poop board convert *warning-graphic/gross poop pictures*

    I'm so going to have to use this when the girls get big enough to go in the coop...
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    100' rolls of hardware cloth

    I found some at Walmart.com. Shipping wasn't free but even with that it came to under $100 (which reminds me, I need to order some tonight. Just picked up the lumber for the run today...)
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