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    I need some help with this post....

    I'm building a new coop, I thought this one should be round. I want a centerpost that can support a good snow load. I cut the tree for this last winter, and its been drying a year supported off the ground. I have the hole dug. I have the post cut. It's 18' long, and about 10" diameter...
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    Share order in se nebraska/omaha area

    We want to get a few birds for breeding (it's getting a touch inbred around here...) and prefer chicks so we have a chance to get to know them. I was going to get an order of meaties to fill out the minimum, but I just came off a batch of cornish crosses that have been a bit more work than the...
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    Waste of a broody bird!

    OK, I laughed at myself, so you can too. We had another bantam go broody. There was the usual trouble with getting her on one clutch of eggs, as opposed to moving about from one set of eggs to another as she was forced from one bird or anothers favourite nestbox. I've since put a permanently...
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    How about a little sonocandling?

    I had an idea. You can get fetal heart monitors which amount to an electronically enhanced stethoscope. For day 18 candling, I believe one of these will be more than powerful enough to pick up a heartbeat in an egg. I think I'd keep the volume down a bit at first because a cheep could be...
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    An aquarium incubator with pics

    Another entry in the "make your own" category. I started with a 20gal aquarium. I cut 1" styrofoam insulation board to cover the sides and bottom. An extra piece was cut to insulate part of the cover to reduce heat loss. Then a piece of plexiglas was cut to cover the top completely. It...
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    Why didn't you warn me?

    Some things just aren't meant to be shared, but... We have a broody frizzle cochin. She's terrible at this, mostly because she's a pushover. Every other bird thought whatever nest she was in was the only place to lay. They think they are cuckoos or something. So, after advice from here and...
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    Tiny little broody bird

    Our poor little frizzle cochin went broody, though it took a couple days to get the idea firmly sunk in. I think the first couple days she was good to go, but once the laying frenzied rest of them got involved, she was pushed right off the clutch and gave up. Then she would reset the next...
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    A cheap and easy chicken feeder design

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/10123_chickenfortress_feeder3.gif I hope I did that right. I'm new to posting images. I had some scrap 1x12 sitting around, and needed another feeder. This is the design I came up with to best utilize the materials I had. The birds seem to like...
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    Any chance we could get this section split into regions?

    I'd like to see an area with midwesterners, omaha area, or some such like that. I'm sure it would really help us all to make local contacts if we were only looking through our locality. Who do I talk to about this? Or, has it been shot down in the past?
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    They scalped the little frizzle who didn't.

    First off, my poor, poor chickie! I came home yesterday and after the usual head count we were one short. I checked all over and no sign of the missing one. The young uns are getting big enough, 8 weeks about, that they can get out of the "play pen" into the main coop. I figured that this...
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    I need several more chickens in Omaha

    Bellevue, actually. I managed to get 7 meat birds that were supposed to be leghorns. I just couldn't tell at 2 days old. Anyway, my poor half dozen rirs could use a bit of company. 6 birds will have a hard time keeping the coop warm this winter, even with 8 inch thick walls. I would prefer...
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    Hygeine issue

    One of my chicks developed a bad habit at about 6 weeks. It purposely rests on feces. If it makes the mess, it backs up a couple steps and sets. If it sees another messing, it will push it out of the way to lie in it. Needless to say, it's a reeking mess all the time. Another has picked up...
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