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  1. NanaLantana

    Poop Boards

    I did put chicken wire over my 'poop slide', buy you could always double it. Don't use the rabbit stuff, or you'll still be scraping. Now that my coop and chickens are on their 4th year, I don't clean the slide as often as I did when they were new - once every 2 weeks is fine for my 5 hens.
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    New Urban chicken mom here

    HI, and welcome. If you bought feed store chicks, they have already been immunized. And if you keep them fed, watered, moved around so they can dig and eat grass, they should be fine with no medications. I don't ever medicate mine - but I also view them as livestock. I just gave my Haitian...
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    And the Big Day is Finally Here WARNING! Image Heavy

    Nice! But it looks like you'll need a bigger box by - - - - tomorrow? They grow really fast - - -
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    Nanalantanas Page

    I'm a recycler at heart! Also, I've been sewing since I was a kid, and I never stopped. Therefore, the only sensible thing for me to do with these lovely bags is to make them into totes! I also make them out of other feed - dog food, cat food, anything that is made of the tarp-type material...
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    feeding Chickens Black pepper

    Long ago a friend of mine said that back on the farm, they simply fed the chickens whatever feed the cows ate, but added cayenne pepper for egg stimulation. This is a very old trick, seems like! Well, a few years back, one of my old hens who did not lay anymore began stealing sips of coffee...
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    Help.....??????????????

    Could you separate them, into smaller groups? Even put some wire in the brooder to make sections? I don't know what else to say - I hate it when they just die like that -
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    A nice place for the coop?

    My coop is only about 15 steps outside the back porch door, under the branches of a mango tree. I have 8 egg laying hens, and I never smell it, so It's not too close! I chose a place where I wanted the coop, the door facing a certain direction, and then thought about where I would eventually...
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    What is the best roof type for a kennel coop in hot Texas?

    A friend gave me an old truck topper a couple years ago, and instead of having it laying around the yard FOREVER, I decided to use it for the coop roof. So my coop is only as big as a truck topper! But it's a cute coop, and I'm very happy with it. My walls are 1/2 wood, and 1/2 wire. It gets...
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    Poop Boards

    I didn't like the idea of scraping poop, either, so I put my thinking cap on and came up with the poop slide. It works great in my florida coop. It's made of 20" x 10 ft aluminum flashing, and is mounted to two rails, and inserted under the roost, angling down into a bucket at the exit end...
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    Thinking of growing some greens this spring--what are good choices?

    Howdy - I think it depends on where you live as what you can grow best year round. Here in Florida we can grow collards year round - in fact, you can keep a collards 'tree' and pick the leaves when you need some. Spinach is a good choice, and any of the lettuces, you can keep picking leaves...
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    The chicken came first! Happy New Year!

    Thought I'd share - I like to read thru the Bible every year, so this morning I picked it up as usual and read again how the chicen came first! Day 5 of creation goes like this, for anyone who is interested - Then God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be...
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    Leftover prime rib!

    I would have made the leftovers into stroganoff and eaten it myself!
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    Took three days vacation....came back, no eggs!

    OK, so now you have a new job! Search the forums for the best feeders and waterers. Then get busy and build them! That way, you can go off for 3 days and not worry that the kids and grands are not doing a good job. All they'll have to do is collect the eggs! The PVC feeder and bucket/nipple...
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    best white egg layer - that is kid friendly?

    My leghorn is great, also my black minorca. Both lay white eggs, a LOT.
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    Roosters

    Not wure you can stop it - that's just rooster behavior, they have to establish who'se the boss. If one of them does not give in to the other, they could kill each other. That's just how it is with roosters -
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    General problems

    We've all had our issues with certain breeds, mixes, or bad habits from chickens. Here's the little bits of advice I'd give, since you asked: 1) for the size of your coop/run, don't have more than 6 hens. 2) get all the same breed - pick your favorite - chickens are prejudiced! 3) train...
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    Tool Advice Needed

    pressure-treated wood usually lasts a good long while, even if you bury it in the ground for posts. For me, I like to pre-drill my screw holes, that way my wood doesn't split at all. Sometimes undrilled it makes the wood split. My husband bought me a little lime green Ryobi drill for...
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    What to do when there are no rules?

    My dad, who was the Pastor of a middle-sized Church, used to tell me that it's easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission! But then, he was dealing with a Church council, not a city council. I don't think I really have any rules, either, but I have 8 hens. Their coop is hidden in a...
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    no chickens yet, just a lot of "dumb" questions....so I do apologize!!

    Well, as an old chicken keeper, I say you have to train them when they're young! Chickens are creatures of habit, so they'll usually do whatever they usually do. If you have them trained to go to bed in the coop at night, and they're happy there and have room on the roost, then, yes, they most...
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    building without a wood floor?

    I think it depends on where you live, and what the soil and drainage is like. I have dirt floor in my coop - but the earth just sucks water down immediately, and doesn't leave mud. I just buried the fence about 12" down, and the dirt works fine. Happy home hunting!
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