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    keeping chickens in Kauai?

    Aloha - calvincoop i live on kauai and yes you can get domestic chickens here - some of the local feed stores will have chicks from time to time - i have a few BR and bantams from them (although my BR have all not done well and i think it has to do with where ever they came from - i know one...
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    Comment by 'BigIslandChicks' in article 'Big Pallet Coop'

    beautiful pallet coop!! i love to see others reusing things - our coop is made out of pallets and recycled tin roofing from an old goat shed. we have our duck house built onto the side of the coop, using pallets as well. great idea i got from another thread somewhere for the duck pool that we...
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    Hello

    Aloha and from Hawaii
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    coop picture thread?

    heres the main coop and the duck pen. still working on things all the time and these pics are from a bit ago - but it has come a long way!! old drawer nest box has divider and the bottom is a crate that slides out for easy collecting and cleaning. the main coop is 8X8 (a small run will be...
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    Just a Beautiful Picture

    Island life is the life for me!
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    Organic chicken keeping

    i agree about the grass and my girls free range alot and im working on building a run - we have a large open air coop, so they will have more room when they are not out as long some days (im at work or the store etc..) i also have been reading about epazote and have a small plant - from what i...
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    Setting eggs June 3rd. Need hatching buddies! Lets have some fun!

    Aloha everyone!! i just set 20 eggs in the bator this morning 18 EExgame rooster and 2 black sexlink. i also have a broody bantam cochin due to hatch any day now with 4 eggs same EE mix but 1 is a game hen same rooster. (there are pics of the roo and back story on the old fashioned broody hen...
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    Organic chicken keeping

    so i just found my answer https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/624195/lice-wont-go-away-suggestions/10 a few ideas on page 2. glad a few people chimed in with some natural ideas and not just use seven dust and invermtawhat! im going to try this - we shall see how it goes... on my way outside...
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    Organic chicken keeping

    i realize this thread has been forgotten a bit - but lets try to get it restarted and have the "organic" or "all-natural" chicken (or other fowl - i have ducks as well) community come together! o-what a dream! lol ) AHHH and then.... my 4 yrs old just touched the computer and erased everything...
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    Funniest Things A City Slicker Has Ever Said To You?

    my upstairs neighbor - where we lived last year - would not eat eggs i tried to give her bc, she didnt like to see where they came from. wow - she said her kids would eat them but that her family had chickens when she was growing up and im not really sure what the deal was??? - she said she...
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    New to BYC and to Keeping Ducks!

    Aloha from Hawaii
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    New from New Hampshire

    Aloha and from Hawaii. i used to work at LOON MTN. about 9 yrs ago - grew up in MA, moved to NH - love the fall - love to snowboard - HATE the cold!! permanent island girl now. just wanted to say hello and welcome, glad you joined us.
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    Help for my OEG

    Aloha and im not sure what to do for your hen, but it sounds like she is just getting older... im sure someone here will have some good advise for you - you have come to the right place. good luck
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    My DD's very ill, had emergency surgery, it's 5 days now in the hospital

    we will all be thinking of yous - hoping for the best. having a sick child is one of the hardest things we have been through ( my now 2 yr old was life flighted to the childrens hospital in the middle of the night when she was 18 days old and spent 10 days in the NICU) thankfully everything...
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    What time do YOU go to bed?

    wow i thought i was the only night chicken around - i would like to get to bed earlier , but with 2 kids under 5 and a DH who works mostly nights - i often put the kids to bed by myself, wait for them to fall asleep, BYC it up, do the dishes, clean up the mess from the day, take a shower, make...
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    Look what I found under one of my breeder pens!!!

    i would freak if i saw that thing in my yard!!! thankfully snakes are one critter i dont have to worry about - we have none in the islands - although i believe a few have been caught on Oahu - apparently they like to take vacations too! , hop a plane and take off to the islands! we do have...
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