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    My run & winter waterer

    I knew there was a post somewhere that asked for pics but I cant recall which. Below is a pic of my outside waterer. It's just a 5 gal bucket with the lid on and a few holes drilled in the side below the height of the metal pan that it sits in. To keep it from freezing I took another pan...
  2. Don

    Too many roos ... what would YOU do?

    Hi Folks! OK, here's the dealy ... we live on a whopping 1/2 acre and have limited space for our 6 birds. They reside in a modified metal shed beside our house and have a run that is probably 20' x 20' to hang out in. When we got them, we were told they were all pullets but we ended up with 3...
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    Chicks just don't dig me

    Howdy! We've got 6 kids, 3 roos and 3 ladies. They're only (supposedly) about 3 1/2 months old right now and none of them want anything to do with me. Well, if I am in the run lettin' em pick some scratch from my hand then the ladies will come close enough to eat. If I move my hand or...
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    Should I have my light on a timer?

    Howdy! I've got my 6 kids in a converted metal shed that's about 6' x 10'. There is 1 sliding window on the wall to the southwest and that's it. The roost faces that window and directly above it is a light fixture that's mounted to the wall by the ceiling and surrounded by a wire box.. (So it...
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    Oh me, oh my ... methinks I've created a co-ed henhouse.

    So back about the end of September we got our first chicks. They were (supposedly) "about" 4 weeks old at that point. There were 3 silver laced wyndottes (sp?) and 3 barred rocks. I was told they were all pullets. So the little fuzzies quickly outgrew the A-frame that I built them and are now...
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