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  1. skookumchuck

    The new Chicken cabin

    With 20 plus new chicks needing out of the house my good wife said it was time to build a new coop and run, so here is what I built. I started with a 4x4 frame 2x4 sheeted with 3/4 OSB I then cut 4x4 corner posts and 2x2 backing boards screwed to the 4x4 posts next I built the nesting...
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    Anniversary Hatch nothing better than a fuzzy butt to say I love you.

    Put 18 eggs into the incubator on the28th of February (mine and DW's anniversary). I was concerned that fertility might be a problem with my young roosters but the boys are doing their job we have all 18 developing, As this is a test hatch there might be some x-breeds as we only separated the...
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    Possum

    I was out for two nights due to family commitments so of course I lost a young pullet each night to a predator. the birds were killed in the hen house and not taken away so I figured either possum or weasel. Well tonight I locked all the young birds in with the older laying flock and took up...
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    Sick Hen

    One of my hens that has been in the flock for over 4 months is acting funny, she stands there and opens her beak kinda gasping or almost sneezing. Her eyes are clear she is eating and out scratching with the other birds and other than the gasping thing she appears healthy. Should I treat her...
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    Chantecler hatching eggs all varieties

    Looking to buy day old chicks or hatching eggs to start a Chantecler flock. thanks
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    Spring pics of your turkeys

    Here is my Tom "Herky the Turkey" doing his thing. It is fun to watch him strutting around the house.
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    Added 4 new hens

    I bought 4 new hens and slipped them into the coop at the end of the day. After 5 days they do not interact at all with my Rooster and 4 other hens. The origional group takes off as fast as they can in the morning when the coop is opened and spend all day out scratching and doing their thing...
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    Best meat cross with RIR Rooster

    I have my RIR rooster reggie that is a well behaved rooster and I want to get some more hens that will give me a good meat bird, I was thinking about barred rocks or Columbian Rocks what would be a good cross for meat? I am aming for a good 4-5 lb dressed rooster at about 13-14 weeks. I was...
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    My hippie ways

    When I was growing up on the west coast we lived next to a Hippie commune, so I was exposed to organic foods and self relence husbandry early in life. We we just bought a small farm and today we picked up our Rooster and 5 hens. The Roo is a beautiful RR very dark red color the hens are one RR...
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