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    Welded Wire for run, can't find 1X2, only 2X4

    Not sure if it helps or not - I used hardware cloth on the bottom 3' of the run, then this stuff on the top half and roof. It's not quite as rigid as weld wire; it's looped where the wires cross.
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    Free Ranger **** Cornish Cross

    I'm considering a batch of free rangers this season, it will be my first experience with meat birds. I have to take measurements for the lawn that I'll be using (I'm in the city) which will tell me a tractor size which will tell me how many birds I can raise. So....I may be looking to split an...
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    Can Chickens Eat Alfalfa Hay?

    Timely post ! I was just about to ask if anyone had heard of chaffhaye. I called up a couple of the local feed stores, one offering chaffhaye for ~$11/50lb bag, the other guys had an 87# bale of 4th cut alfalfa for ~$13. I'm a little unsure about the former since they say it's fermented...
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    Post your ideas: Growing food for chickens

    I'm going to try out kohlrabi this year since I've heard good things about it growing quickly, and I can put it in the ground sooner. I may not do corn again this time around since squirrels pretty much got my entire second planting (even tho the girls loved stripping the cobs after we enjoyed...
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    I am going to kill Al Runion-- need advice

    Sorry he's being a butthead, such a pretty boy ! My vast butchering experience now totals in the ones (ok, just one) so with it being fresh on my mind and new to the experience, I can give you my take. 1. You can do it. The sticky guides are great, bring a laptop into the kitchen if you can...
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    I want to knit (there's nothing to do and it's 5* outside)

    I'm definitely no expert on knitting, but I started trying about a month ago or so, and I'm a guy too so hey - I feel your pain Size 1 seems awfully small for a scarf. You certainly can do it, but it will require alot more stitches. Here's a website I've found helpfull (complete with...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Finally, I get to join the 1st egg club ! Here's whom we expect as the culprit - one of our two partridge rocks, Claire. She'll be 27 weeks on Christmas Eve, and she laid on Saturday 12/20: For size comparison against store bought XL's: Alas, it's sweet, sweet fate (would you look at...
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    Offer BO and BR roos in Colorado Springs

    Any luck yet finding a new home for your boys ?
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    Droppings boards in the Winter

    Great ideas - I'm going to redo my droppings board (their butts are overshooting mine on one side) so I'm making it wider and probably going to just use peel and stick vinyl tiles. Here's hoping it doesn't stick too bad, and I've got the material left over from doing the mud room.
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    Offer BO and BR roos in Colorado Springs

    Wish I could have roosters, but I'm in your exact same situation (checked your BYC page, and literally - we are in the exact situation) Love it when the bands play Acacia Park ! Here's a bump, and here's hoping someone out east will give them a good home ! edit almost forgot, you can also...
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    Venting About My Inlaws... !@$#@#$@

    Sigh - some people are just that way. My DGF has a SIL who appears to have no desire in life to amount to anything. Both of said SIL's parents have been on disability for years, and so is one of her sisters. No offense to anyone with such a condition, but "chronic fatigue" in a 24 year old...
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    Any experience with a submergible Deicer to keep waterer from freezing

    This is my first year with chickens (so first winter as well) and I bought a very similar model to the one you posted. I've been using it combined with a thermostat controlled outlet for the girls' outside waterer (which is a 5 gallon plastic bucket with holes cut in the side.) So far, so good...
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    OK 19 weeks and still NO EGGS!!! GRRRR! **EDIT**(We HAVE EGGS NOW!!!!)

    I'm in Colorado as well and 7 of my 9 girls are 25 weeks old (the other 2 about 20 weeks) with no eggs yet. BUT, one of my partridge rocks did the squat for me on Wednesday ! Scared me a bit at first, I thought I stepped on her. She's been overly chatty the past week, so I'm getting anxious.
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    Do any of your chickens mistake your lower lip for a big fat worm?

    Heaven forbid I go hang out with the girls with a couple day old beard stubble. Perched on my shoulder they can still get at it no matter which way I turn my head...
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    What do I need to know to raise meat birds?

    Let me second the thank you. We culled a rooster from our laying flock this fall, and the process went well enough and knowing the history of our meat was comforting enough that we are considering raising some broilers this spring. Alot of it may seem common sense to you veterans, but it's...
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    How can i get my chickens to love and trust me im really a good person

    I just got done reading this book - How to Win Hens and Influence Pullets
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    Pressure canning question/help

    Let me preface this by stating I have no idea if the sauce you processed is ok That being said, if you followed all of the necessary precautions set forth by the NCHFP or other subject matter expert, followed the instructions for your particular pressure canner, know that your pressure gauges...
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    thoughts on hay

    I use shavings/deep liter inside the coop, and over the summer used hay outside to give them something to scratch through. After wetting down and turning the compost over - I don't think I'll be using hay again. A heavy barynard smell permeated the neighborhood until it cooked off. Took two...
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    Silkie Processing Video - WARNING

    The links in the sticky on the first page provide very good picture documentation of the evisceration process along with identification of the various internal organs. As fate would have it, we processed our surprise roo on Halloween - my DGF wrist deep in a chicken mitt, me calling...
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    Automatic Chicken Coop Door - Auto Closes Coop - Beta Version 1.0

    Power window motors are pretty darn torquey, but use a gear mechanism to turn a rotary motion into the up-down for your car door. Not a huge deal, just something to keep in mind - as you said - you may want to pick up the geared arm that goes with the motor (heck the limit switches too !) On...
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