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  1. blakeh1

    From rags to riches, let me know what you think (my journey on my chicken coop build)

    I’ve been out of the chicken game for a few years now when I sold my land and home a few years ago and temporarily moved to the city while on the hunt for some bigger better property. We closed on our new place about 6 months ago (10 acres) and it was beautiful but the previous owner had not...
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    Finally no more food wasted!

    After going thru different designs I've seen on this great site. I decided to make my own with a couple ideas from others. I got 4" thin wall pipe with a 90 and two caps. Glued a piece of cardboard inside the upright pipe that holds the feed about 1/2 inside the "feeder" pipe so it would only...
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    Help with run design, ideas (pics inside)

    I have been free ranging my chickens as I live on 200 acres. The one acre around my house is fenced in with this Which the chickens cannot get thru except in a couple spots which I am going to fix. I was thinking of building them a smaller fenced in area(run) using the existing corner of my...
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    Need some opinions on my "run" idea

    I recently had my first ever attack. Something got 4 of my 6 chickens that I free ranged so I am going to do what I said I wasn't and make them a so called run. I live on 200 acres but my house on one acre fenced in with small gap welded wire. The problem is the 9 week olds that I have and am...
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    4 chickens vanished! How long to wait?

    I have 3 br's and 3 gsl that free range every day. I have had them since they were around 4 weeks. They are now almost 9. Since they've grown they wonder farther and farther from the coop(I live on 200 acres). They like to go in an area behind the coop that is outside the fence and heavily...
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    Need some help. Fighting!

    So I got 4 barred rocks and 2 gsl they are all 8 weeks. I recently found out that 1 of the br's was a roo so today I called the breeder and exchanged it for a gsl of the same age. All these birds were raised together. So I get the new gsl home and let her out to free range with the other 5...
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    Chicken crack

    Corn tortillas
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    Getting chicks to roost in the right place?

    My 6 chicks are 7 weeks old and still like to sleep in the pine shavings on top of each other. I know they aren't cold it's been over 70 for the past few nights. Two nights ago I picked them up and placed them on a lower 2x4 I put in there for them only for them to jump down and cuddle back up...
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    6 week olds sleeping in nesting box?

    My 6 chicks are all doing great but they seem to like to sleep in the nesting box. Should I close it off for now? They have a 8 ft long rafter as well as a 2x4 in the middle of the coop about half way up the wall to sleep in. Is this normal because they are young? Here's some pics of the...
  10. blakeh1

    Scrambled eggs cause a pile up!

    Haven't found many treats that my 4 br and 2 gsl really enjoy. But that all changed with a half of a scrambled egg entered the picture tonight. They were piling up to get to the bowl lol. The poor gsl's finally got tired of fighting for a bite and picked up what got slung on the groung lol
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    chicks not liking treats?

    i got 6 barred rock chicks on Tuesday, they are 5 weeks old. i have been letting them out of the coop a couple times a day. While they love to roam around and eat whatever they find i have tried on several occasions to give them treats(strawberry's being the latest) yesterday i tried watermelon...
  12. blakeh1

    My chicks new home

    Just bought 6 5 week old barred rocks from a local hatchery. Brought them home to their new coop which I made almost entirely out of pallet wood And they seem to really enjoy it. They are eating and playing like crazy. Plan on letting them out a little later for some playtime.
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