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    Chickens ran out of food - stopped laying?

    This may seem like a dumb question, and it's an absolute failure on behalf of this chicken farmer. Long story short, I had to go out of town for work last week so I asked my 11 year old son to make sure the chickens had enough food when he checked for eggs on Tuesday. He said they did, they...
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    Adding new birds?

    Hello, I currently have a flock of 11 birds all about 6 months old. I've got an opportunity to pick up another 8-10 birds that are a little younger (3 months old). What's the best way to integrate them into my flock? My coop is made from dog kennels, and I do have the option of leaving them...
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    My chickens aren't laying?

    OK, so I'm sure this has been discussed here but I'm scratching my head on this one. I got chicks back in early Spring, so at this point they are 9-10 months old. Out of the 8 I originally got, I have 6 left. Back in the summer the chickens started laying and I went a period of about 3 weeks...
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    Sportsman Chicken Plucker?

    Anyone use this plucker or know anything about it? Home Depot has them marked down pretty significantly right now.
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    Stationary Coop with Electric Netting?

    Does anyone use a stationary coop with electric netting vs a tractor for pastured chickens? Thinking about going this way vs moving around the yard all the time, but my primary concern would be hawks/owls/eagles.
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    Brooder heater

    Does anyone use this brooder heater? I want to set up my brooder in my basement and not have to worry with fire risks. Will one of these work for about 20-25 broilers at a time? https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/producers-pride-brooder-and-coop-heater
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    Renting out Chicken Plucker?

    I'm considering investing in a chicken plucker and thought I might rent it out locally to recoop some funds. Does anyone here do this? Thoughts? How do you limit exposure of getting stolen, etc?
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    Organic Feed?

    Any suggestions for organic feed, especially something that can come from TSC?
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    Cornish X Feed by week?

    Has anyone kept up with feed #s per bird per week? A local poultry farm has all ages of broilers for sale, and prices them by age. My math brain is curious if there is a benefit to buying slightly older birds vs chicks based on feed consumption. For instance, 2-4 week old birds are $6 each vs $3...
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    Will this work as a brooder?

    So I'm all about repurposing things around the house. I was originally planning to build a wooden brooder, but in moving my raised bed gardens I decided not to use this galvanized stock tank that I have. It's a Tater 40G oval tank (linked below) and it's roughly 2'W x 1'T x 4'L. I drilled some...
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    Chicken Ranger mobile coop

    Anyone have any experience with this coop? Thinking of buying one (6x8) for a mobile option for raising broilers in our yard (about 1acre). https://www.chickenrangecoop.com/
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    Legality of selling meat birds in GA?

    Hi, looking for some advice. I have a small hobby farm and I plan to start raising meat birds, primarily for family consumption this year, but would like to offer some for sale when I can to offset cost. Does anyone know the regulations/laws related to selling chicken meat in the state of GA?
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    Meat birds in the "Winter"?

    I live in Southeast coastal GA. I've had an interest in doing some meat birds in a tractor around our 1.5 acre yard to add some meat production and help with ticks. Our winters rarely get below 40 degrees (maybe 30 on a rare occasion), but our summers are 95+. Any concerns with starting a...
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    What to do with older hens?

    Well, I think the time has come. When we got our coop a while back, we inherited the chickens as well. The previous owner told me they were older (one conversation they were 2, the next they "may be 3+"), but did not mention that egg production was virtually non-existent. On a good day, I'd get...
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    New chickens, a few questions

    Several weeks ago we got back into the chicken game by "inheriting" the whole set up from a guy getting out of chickens totally. This included 8 laying hens that he felt like were around 2 years old. I'm not sure what to expect really, but we're getting MAYBE 1-2 eggs per day out of the 8...
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    Thinking of starting over...

    After a year of having chickens, and then taking a while off, I'm thinking of jumping back in again. We went too big, too fast initially and it became more of a production than I was prepared for. So we sold the coops and the chickens, but now with the current state of the world we're thinking...
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    Are they still good?

    My family just went on spring break vacation. Without someone to check on the chickens, I gathered eggs from the last 7 days when we got home today. Are they still good to eat? Should I wash/refrigerate immediately? Weather has been warming up down here with some days near 80.
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    Coop Nests

    Here is the link with pictures of the coop I purchased. Need some more help from the experts here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/thoughts-on-this-coop.1287016/ OK, so after having this coop and my birds for a couple months I've made some observations that I'm hoping you can help...
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    Best material to start deep litter?

    Setting up a new coop and had a question about the best material(s) to start the deep litter method. I'm thinking about 4-6 inches of a mixture of pine shavings (already have), straw, leaves from the yard and pine straw. Will that work?
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    New coop, another question

    Well I bit the bullet and bought the coop that I asked about here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/thoughts-on-this-coop.1287016/ While I still have some modifications to make, it's a great starting point for my needs and the builder was super nice. In our area, there's not much...
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