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Brining the chicken is a great idea actually!! Thanks for the heads up. The second chicken that was killed, I didn't really have an idea of...
So I have been free ranging for a month or so, and yesterday I had my first hawk attack. When I went outside, I noticed it was silent and there...
Quote: Thank you!! Its hard for some people to seperate the emotion of the act from the act itself. My mom, for example, when I told her...
I butchered my first chicken this weekend. I never really grew up around it. I was around chickens at my grandpas house but he never killed and...
Quote: How far do they range from the coop? I have an area that looks like this: [IMG] There is about 30-50 feet in between the coop and run,...
Looking to get my flock into some free ranging. They have food and water in their coop right now, that they make use of when they are both in the...
I have a gray one exactly like that - anyone know the breed?
Pictures of the chickens below. Looks like it would be 3 leghorns (white ones), 2 australorps (black ones), and 1 rhode island red (the brownish...
From the PDZ website: Chickens Chickens have a lot of benefits, but they are by no means the neatest of barnyard animals. In fact their coops,...
you could also get this stuff: http://www.tractorsupply.com/sweet-pdz-reg-stall-refresher-25-lb--5065990 available at tractor supply, people...
Purchased 27 chickens from McMurray Hatchery. Bought the "rainbow layer" package. Now, I am worried that I may have too many chickens for the...
Quote: So, seanb, you are saying that I can dig the hole, run the conduit, and put the cable into it all myself. Then, get an electrician to...
Thats actually what I'm doing now. I'm doing deep litter with hay (or straw, not sure which) and pine shavings. I mix some pine shavings in when...
That is GREAT info, Dogfish!! Do you think I can get away with running the underground wire, then terminating it with a plug in the garage?...
The coop is probably about 100 feet from our house. I have extension cords running that distance now. I like the ability to turn the light on at...
Am I the only one who just cut down a sapling and made my roosts from that? I stripped all the branches off, cut to the desired length, and then...
I live in North Jersey, and we have some pretty bad winters. I was wondering what I could do for running some electrical to the coop? I want to...
Quote: They are 27 female chicks that I ordered. I do not have any roosters that I know about. They were vaccinated for both Marek's disease...
Pat - I have the plans to expand the run to include another 100 square feet. That would take me up to 228 total. If I pare down to 21 birds...
So I have the run as 8x8 and the coop as 8x8. That gives them access to 64 plus 64 square feet, which is 128 square feet. I can expand the run...