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    DH built me amazing brooder/injured pen

    My husband became tired of my using his extra large shower for chicks so he built me a great brooder. Also last batch we had an ammonia problem in the shower and I could not regulate the temperature well so we lost quite a few. I did the research of what did I want in a brooder and the following...
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    14 wk old Bantams... what breed and gender am I?

    These were hatched Feb 28. TSC mix what genders and breeds are they please. Thank you in advance. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 Napoleon Mighty crow, smallest of the bunch! What breed? #9 The one in the back. The one in front had her own photo already
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    Need to buy feed, dont dare

    The girls are out of food but I am scared to go to the feed store. Last time I did I brought home 10 more FUZZY BUTTS! I just walked into the store, heard chirping and the rest is history. My "12 will be a great size flock" now has 70 here at the moment with another 50 meaties coming in 2 weeks...
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    Plastic white front roll out nest cannot find which posting photo from

    I saved this photos for roll out nests to the front. I cannot find the posting it was originally from though. I want to build a front roll out nests using plastic (washable) but I cannot tell how large these are and what slant the person put them at. Does anyone know which posts I saved this...
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    Hens vs Hawks interrupted by Dogs vs Hawk

    I was in the yard gardening when I heard the hens "siren" I then saw 2 of my dogs go bolting across the yard as a hawk swooped for one of the hens that was on the run to get to a bush. That hawk will not be bothering my hens any longer. I am so glad that back when I began raising the girls I got...
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    Went to TSC for feed came home with 10 bantam chicks. What breed?

    So much for keeping myself from buying any when I went in. I have 4 bantam girls that I got as adults. I had never seen them as chicks. FUZZY BUTTS! So what breeds might these be please. I have 2 of these [/img] 2 of these [/img] 2 of these [/img] 3 of these [/img] 1 of these with...
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    Anyone in the damp south use 300+ lb range feeders?

    I am wondering if anyone has used an extra large range feeder that holds 300+ lbs of feed in the south. I want one for our flock of 60 which would allow me to purchase and fill it with feed once a month. My husband is concerned the moisture would ruin the feed and/or maggotts & bugs issue would...
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    Found the hidden nest-**PIC**

    So since the racoon attacks last month production droppped, or so I thought. The other day I found 11 eggs hidden in our wood pile. Then today I watched one of my hamburgs climb through a 3" x 4" hole under the ramp and disappear under the coop. So I had to tear the hardware cloth off around the...
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    Chicken Math

    Has anyone else noticed that depending whom they are sharing with is how they count how many chickens they have? Spouse=A few less so he does not know about the new ones you snuck in whie he was gone. (Grateful he never complains when he does his own headcount though :-) ) Mother =About half...
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    Different age meat birds together

    Is is possible to have different age meaties in the same area? Say a month apart in age?
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    Processing in Central FL

    We have done a couple small groups of cornish rock broilers. We have read everything and taught ourselves with good quality results but timewise we are sucking at it. My 16 year old daughter wants to raise a larger flock next time. I was wondering if there was anyone within a 2 hour drive of...
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    Sq Ft per meat bird/ FL hatchery options

    My daughter is considering doing meat birds for an AG project. I cannot find the sq ft per bird she will need to determine the size of meat bird flocks she can have. Any assistance or direction of a hatchery in FL so she does not have high shipping costs and stress from shipping loses, is...
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    Flock needs gender and breeds please

    In the fall we bought our flock of 25, received 26, assuming our first winter we would possibly lose some, wrong. We were successful and now they are about 4 months old and we are not agreeing on genders so thanks to my daughter and her friend on their day off we took the best photos we could...
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    Breeds and genders please

    Here are 9 of our 9-10 week olds. Breed and gender please.I need to get the other three that hide from the camera. Sorry the photos are not better but they prefer running, eating and playing not standing and smiling. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9
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    HELP NEEDED! Introducing 1 year old hens to my 2 month chicks/flock

    We went to visit a friend and I know all his chickens are well cared for and healthy but due to issues that are his personal, we brought home 4 one year old hens in a cage. I do not have any second coop made or real area for them then the cage I brought them home in. Do I quickly build a second...
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    Hot weather coops, how to protect, yet ventilate

    We are in central florida and it is hot. I put ventilation in my coop but when I close it at night I don't feel they have enough air movement really. So my next coop is already in the planning so people that have very open coops with hardware cloth in the window, what did you do to make certain...
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    New to coop building, new to chickens, learning Will take all advice!

    I completed our BYC page today as we completed our chicken coop. We will move the girls in tonight. We are brand new to chickens and coops but have been reading the site for awhile. You will see by the coop we took ideas for EVERYONE and made it work for us and what we had laying around. If you...
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