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  1. tadaen sylverma

    Is it time to man up?

    I love the forum. I love having chickens. And I love eating chicken, especially for Mongolian Chicken. I want to be able to raise and process my own. Many years ago I slaughtered a handful with a cleaver. Last I tried a month or 2 ago I didn't have the stomach for it, couldn't bring myself to...
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    Got 4 4 week olds...

    2 Buff Orps and 2 Barred Rocks. One of the Barred may be a cockerel, we aren't positive. Many people post about separation, keeping the little ones away from the big mature ones. I have found the exact opposite. Just to see what would happen I put these 4 in the run with the 9-10lb Australorp...
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    Floor for brooder.

    I want to modify my run / coop in this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/862726/work-in-progress-run . I am debating building a brooder into the back wall about 2, 2 1/2 feet off the ground, 18 inches tall or so possibly the full 12ft 6in length of the run. Would be steel framed like the...
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    My first order. What to do?

    Many years back we ordered from MurrayMcMurray. I have decided I am going to give meat birds a try again and am set on 15 Pioneers https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/pioneer.html. This decision was based on them being the only ones with a good outlook for being in stock when I order for the Oct...
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    My pet is messed up : /

    Wolfram here was fine till about a week ago. Bouncing around, playful and what not. The last week or so its almost like she is drunk. She almost never moves about. If you mist them lightly with the hose ( I do this often in the heat out here ) they normally starts hauling it around the run...
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    What to do with extreme broody.

    Wolfram, my bantam barred cochin has gone broody... big time, at least I think that's what this is. For the last 2 weeks she will not get out of that nest box. She hasn't died yet so shes obviously going out to eat / drink occasionally but always back to the box. There is no rooster and we...
  7. tadaen sylverma

    Not sure if I should be worried???

    Pretty sure they are australorps. Both of them look like this on the hind end. Should I worry?
  8. tadaen sylverma

    What is it??

    I'm fairly certain the black one to the bottom right is an Australorp ( got 2, massive). The one center though I have no idea what she is. She is a bantam and is quite arrogant. (This is temporary quarters until big place is done.)
  9. tadaen sylverma

    Work In Progress Run

    1" steel tube. Rough outside dimensions 12'6" x 11'6" or so. Warm weather coop coming in the northwest corner, working on it now. Is for 4 birds... at least until chicken math comes into play.
  10. tadaen sylverma

    Barred Plymouth Rocks / Buff Orpingtons - Feed Amount?

    I will be getting a few more birds here in the next couple weeks to see if I can handle the slaughter concept. If I can I'm going bigger scale as I have been permitted to put a larger coop / run most anywhere I want out here on my folks property. I had orignally planned on breeding but I can't...
  11. tadaen sylverma

    Chickens for warm weather.

    The more I've read here and thought about things my plans have changed a bit. I had originally intended on 30 or so birds (for meat primarily) but I need to scale back due to lack of good places to build a coop / run for them. One thing I noticed just today when I happened to be looking at my...
  12. tadaen sylverma

    Mixed Breeding?

    Am planning on 7-8 birds here soon. Will have a hen-house built and a decent run area. Things are going well now but as everyone knows times can change for the worst so I am setting up to be able to get a rooster if I need to to have a supply for meat if needbe. Will roosters only mate with...
  13. tadaen sylverma

    Amount for the area.

    I just joined the site, have been looking at pictures of coops and such. I am thinking of getting 20-30 birds for meat / eggs. Due to the dogs and coyotes about out here they will not be free range. I have a footer already in the ground that we just put there for some random reason. It is about...
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