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    gardening in chicken/turkey runs - need advice

    Hello, all! I tried to search through past threads to see if anyone else has done this and didn't come up with anything. I would like to build portable pens for my chickens and turkeys this year and move them out of their current areas for the year. The yards have become nasty, muddy, yucky...
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    Free roosters in NY for pick-up only

    Hi, everyone! I have several roosters that I would like to offer as flock guardians only at this time. The neighbors are starting to complain so they have to go. They are mixed breeds that I hatched around April 1. I know that they would make good eating, please don't point that out, I would...
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    water quality

    This may have been discussed before but I just can't find it using the search function. How much does one's water quality affect chickens as far as mineral content? My husband keeps getting after me about giving them our well water to drink. It is hard water, had it tested once and it was 66...
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    new fuzzies and the 8 wk olds

    Just wanted to share. Here's a pic of the batch that hatched a couple of days ago. They are all mixed breed fuzzies, some from Fredster and the others are from my birds. And these are my 8 week olds from my birds. Their daddy is a splash orpington roo who is in with RIR, GC and BO hens...
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    Maybe I'm just a nervous nellie.....

    ...but I'll let you experts decide. Ok, here's what I've got. This is my first attempt at hatching. I made a still air bator based on Miss Prissy's instructions. I set ten of my own eggs in there on 1/12 at 6pm so I'm figuring day 21 starts at 6pm tonight, yes? I had the temp at 100-102 the...
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    candle warmer as heat source?

    Ok, I've been browsing this section for a while and now have the urge to hatch eggs. I've started collecting styrofoam boxes (*sigh* yes, plural) from work and have the components to put together a MissPrissy bator. But for another box, I was wondering if a candle warmer (like the $6 one that...
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    I feel so stupid.....

    I just got done with work. I walk out to my van, unlock the sliding door, put my keys down, put my things inside, lock and close the door. Reach into my pocket for my keys...uh, oh...and there they are, right on top of the new bags of shavings I got today for the coop at lunchtime. All of the...
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    impressive nest box

    I just found this on the Ithaca craiglist. I'm pretty impressed and had to share. I wonder how many chickens this person had..... http://ithaca.craigslist.org/grd/859334112.html
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    first eggs! woo-hoo!!!

    I can join the first egg club now. I found my first 2 eggs in the coop last night - on the floor instead of the nice nest boxes, of course. And I even put dummy eggs (egg shaped rocks) in them. I also found a shell with no contents - kind of like someone had held one end and squeezed out the...
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    Do I need to treat my posts?

    I had this brilliant idea to cut down trees from the hill out back to use as posts for the run, instead of spending $100 for steel T-posts. Do I need to treat the portion that goes into the ground or will they be ok without? It's box elder if it makes any difference. Thanks! Katie
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