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    Is “Chicken feed” necessary?

    My thoughts are - provide a commercial grain feed as the base and then provide as much foraged food and kitchen scraps as possible (leaves, vegetables, fruit, insects and animal protein). Chickens can balance their own diet - so will forage what they can get and top up on the grain feed. You can...
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    Are Black chickens safer free ranging ?

    Its an interesting point. My take is that jungle fowl evolved to blend into their natural environment in the forest - which provides some protection but of course would not be fail safe. A dark domesticated chicken on an open grass paddock will get little (if any) benefit from its colour in that...
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    Are Black chickens safer free ranging ?

    Agree with iluvsedward - dark chickens blend in more than white so would be less chance of being spotted. But certainly not fail safe. My advice for increasing a chickens natural defence from predators: darker colours help chickens blend into their environment compared to white colours which...
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    First time raising chickens. What can i do about feed?

    Really good advice from everyone. To add to ChickenCanoe - I recommend grain feed is supplemented with a diverse range of "foraged food", with the diet of the Junglefowl as a guide. Here is an article I wrote on the topic (It covers a lot of detail) "Primal Chickens - 6 chicken keeping secrets...
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    Corn FREE Feed and Soy FREE Feed (STARTER?)

    Great thread - I just posted an article on this topic which I think answers some of your questions. The article is called "Primal Chickens - 6 chicken keeping secrets from the evolution of chickens." This challenges some of the conventions (including diet), by studying the evolution of chickens...
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    The Walking Dead - Lucille says that there will be Spoilers. Listen to Lucille!!

    How about zombie chickens? They could be more scary than zombie people. Flying, pecking, scratching chickens zombies.....
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    The Walking Dead - Lucille says that there will be Spoilers. Listen to Lucille!!

    I have a feeling Eugene could turn out to be Negan's No1 side kick. He originally did lead the crew on a fake mission just to save his own neck. Now I can see him doing whats necessary to keep comfortable. He is certainly turning out to be a real interesting character.
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    Best designs for food and water

    You might find these helpful - DIY PVC instructions for a feeder and drinker http://patchtotable.com/chickens/
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    Ended Official BYC Article Writing Contest #8 - Write and Win!

    My article to throw into the mix: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-best-chicken-feeder-8-feeders-compared
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    Our new shed to coop conversion!

    it looks great - its got a bit of a barn look to it. I like that the beer features in the photos. Chickens are really creatures of habit - they don't like change at all.
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    PVC Chicken Feeder DIY

    There is a cap you can put on at night - if that rats are agile enough to get in. Initially I thought the shape would make it hard for rats to get in - but I found that rats can be pretty persistent (and agile) - so I added the cap to stop this. It also stops spillage - so that it doesn't...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    So Cute!
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    PVC Chicken Feeder DIY

    Awesome - be great to see some pics when its done.
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    PVC Chicken Feeder DIY

    An upgraded version of the PVC gravity pipe feeder I have posted all the DIY details on the BYC feeder page here This has really taken the hassle out of chicken keeping - no mess or waste, keeps rats out and the grain dry. Enjoy!
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    Question about roosts

    Ok doesn't sound like the roost is the problem. I don't think you need to put in carpet. In my experience bumblefoot comes from broken skin. splinters on roost? or are there rough rocky areas / ground that could be causing it? you could try put sand down in base of coop (if you don't...
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    New from Australia & chicken pics

    Thanks - yes they are spoilt! Thinking about getting another 3 soon - eggs have been dropping a bit as they get older
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    New from Australia & chicken pics

    will check it out for sure - thanks
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    My new coop. Almost done

    Like it! Is there easy access to clean it out etc?
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    I started to get lazy and never bothered to lock the coop at night - I had never had predators so didn't seem to be a problem. I heard my chickens making a fuss late one night - and came out to a 2 meter carpet python wrapped around the perch in my chicken coop - ready to strike 2 of the...
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    Snake Trap Works

    you have a picture?
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