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    watering ducks and chickens in a coop during the winter

    I am trying to plan on how to water our ducks and chickens inside the coop in the winter. I like the horizontal watering nipples for the chickens, but I don't think that the ducks will use it. The ducks are so messy, I don't want a big bowl for them to splash in. Any suggestions?
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    Shallow depth no-waste feeder

    I wanted to build a shallow depth feeder that I could put against the wall of the coop to protect it from the weather. I remembered a container for holding charcoal briquettes at the home center and decided to make one out of it. It is designed to keep charcoal dry while sitting beside your...
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    I think that we lost a chicklet to an owl

    We came home a couple hours after dark and went to close up the coop. My daughter counted the flock and noticed that one was missing. This girl (easteregger) had gotten into a habbit of jumping the fence, so we got out the flashlights and looked for her, to no avail. I said that hopefully...
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    Any way to change the number of posts per page?

    I would like to have more than 10 posts per page. Like 100/page. It takes forever to switch pages with my slow internet, so more posts per page works better for me. I am on other boards that this is a setting under your account. Thanks! Scott
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    nest height

    do chickens like to nest lower to the ground or higher? I have the nest boxes about 24" above the ground so that the ducks can nest under them. I currently only have two layers of my 10 hens because they aren't old enough yet. One will lay in the nesting box. The other lays on top of a bale...
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    New member from Indiana

    Hi all, new member Scott here. We have a completely confusing bird situation. My family are new to chicken husbandry and are looking to learn and share. We have two flocks based on age. We started with our older flock as chicks from Rural King back in February. It contained 2 Isa Brown, 2...
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