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    Post your Chicken Cam

    cam seems locked by a password
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    Freshest egg possible!! lol

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    Need ideas,UPDATED WITH VIDEO!!!! Honey gave me the WHOLE barn 4 chicken pen!!!!!!!!!

    Don't overdesign it. Look at this coop. It's great and simple!!! I went running out looking for a few 2x3s to set mine up like this. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/621363/poop-board-convert-warning-graphic-gross-poop-pictures
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    Poop board convert *warning-graphic/gross poop pictures*

    Awesome coop. I checked tractor supply. They have bags of Sweet PDZ for 25# bags for 10 bucks.
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    Cold and Snowy in Seattle: Chickens acting a bit strange...not going into coop tonight.

    They don't need heat. As long as they have a dry place and no draft they are fine. If it goes below 20 I close up my coop doors just to keep the drafts out. Mid winter and my ladies are still cranking out eggs. I do have a couple of 60w lights in the coop but that is more for a little light then...
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    Caught my egg thief on my game cam

    Cheap fence with electric wire around the bottom. One 4000 volt jolt and he won't be back. It doesn't cost much. It will stop anything else in it's tracks too.
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    Help please....I'm new to chickens and have questions!

    Quote: Hatching some eggs, maybe. Yes but he didn't mention hatching I want to hatch my own this spring but have to get a second coop back away from the other houses...and mine!!...lol Then I'll get a big Ed and Rocky
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    Help please....I'm new to chickens and have questions!

    Why do you need a rooster? Unless you like hearing it at 2 am. My 12 hens get along fine with no rooster. I have production birds that give me on average 11 eggs a day. Your hardest question is with 15 hens what you will do with the eggs. I donate them. I plan on going big next spring. If you...
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    Is it easier to raise 8 or 15 chicks?

    Quote: I've been doing a lot of chicken math for the winter. How big is your coop? The chicken math would say you have 2, 8x40 trailors waiting for the chickens
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    Stall arrives today and the ladies aren't happy

    YAY it works Can't wait to get my live chicken cam on line
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    Stall arrives today and the ladies aren't happy

    The ladies hid inside while the stall was being delivered today. Lets see if the FB vid works. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000294147359&ref=tn_tnmn
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    How did your username originate?

    I've used this on yahoo and other sites since 98' and people still ask me what state I'm from.
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    Cooked Green Beans=Safe

    Quote: There is precious little info about these. I googled and came up with nothing conclusive. One reference said sugar snap peas are the only pea and vine that is safe, but that wasn't a great site. I would guess that the pods are not dangerous to human. Chickens probably OK. Back when I...
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    Age that Babies can go outside?

    Quote: 5 weeks and they have adult feathers? I don't think so. Maybe one layer but nothing that will protect them from -1 even bunched up together. Hope you have a nice warm coop with a hot light.
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    Cooked Green Beans=Safe

    Quote: I've not heard about green beans having solanine. The hemaglutin is in dried beans not fresh. Just regular cooking will remove the poison. Soak and cook like you would for yourself. They are worse if they are undercooked. I'm not sure how dangerous they are for chickens, but 4-5 beans...
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    Cooked Green Beans=Safe

    They have a toxic substance called Solanine Dried or undercooked Beans Raw, or dry beans, contain a poison called hemaglutin which is toxic to birds. This is removed by cooking but I can't find how long to cook it.
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    Cooked Green Beans=Safe

    How long should green beans be cooked so they are safe for chickens? I want to give my ladies a balanced diet while eliminating store bought feed in the process. Grean beans are at the top of the list of easy foods to grow.
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    Ugh! So much WASTE!

    I used the first type when they were chicks. They do make a mess. Your second one is the one I use now. Hang it with some tie wire a few inches off the ground and they won't step in it. If they are climbing all over it they might be a little to confined. Maybe expand their living quarters if...
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