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    Budget Coop for 5-6 Chickens

    This is actually my pigeon loft that I built with budget being a primary concern. It would be a serviceable Chicken coop without the Pigeon Trap door and a change in the roosting setup. Were I to use it for Chickens I'd not have the Aviary but rather extend the coop another foot with an open...
  2. J

    Working with and Cutting Hardware Cloth

    It's a miserable, awful medium to work with. For installing it, I find a staple gun makes your life much easier. It isn't a permanent/long term solution but acts as a temporary glue. Lots of people recommend screws with washers. I like a furring strip (1x2 or 1x3 or 1x4 piece of flimsy...
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    What So Many Don't Seem to Understand About Cornish X Broilers

    Especially here on BYC but in other venues as well, so many people are missing the important lessons on Broiler chickens. You see the comments all the time, about people that feel an inherent guilt about raising or consuming an animal that fits into an artificial construction what it should or...
  4. J

    Opossum Pro Tip

    If your dog brings one back to you...it’s likely not dead. My dog smoked one 10 feed from my brooder box. I’d say he earned his Purina tonight. And CCI makes a .22 lr round that’s silent when shot out of a rifle length barrel so as not to disturb neighbors. But, if you shoot it out of a...
  5. J

    Solitary confinement for my Red Hen?

    I did some flock rearrangement this weekend. The Cornish Rocks were butchered and "replaced" with two FCBM's. They were supposedly about the same age as the existing flock (7 weeks old or thereabouts) but upon getting them home they look to be a couple weeks younger. The flock is now my...
  6. J

    Plucking Question

    Ok, so I have two Cornish Rocks 6-7 weeks old. Didn't realize what they were when I bought them. I need to look at butchering them, since its time and since they're eating a LOT and since I want to make room for more egg layers. I've cleaned and dressed hundreds of ducks, and a fair amount of...
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    Multiple Coops, shared run? Silkies...

    My wife wants silkies. I don't want to take the chance of a poor integration on a bird that has the deck stacked against it from the angle of the exposed brain, the lack of roost, possibly impeded vision from the crest... So, if there is a big enough run, say 20 sf/bird, and a separate coop...
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    Protection from above...

    I have a roll of "poultry fencing" which is green and plastic that I picked up for pennies at an estate sale. Worst case scenario, I use it for my tomatoes to lean against. On the run, I'm definitely doing the sides and aprons with hardware cloth. For the top, would this stuff be adequate...
  9. J

    Bald Brahma? Banty Dominique?

    I’m not sure if this is normal. Both my Brahma chicks, (unsure of Hatch Date but no later than 2/23,) seem a bit bald...one is way worse than the other , but I can’t figure out if it’s natural development and an awkward stage or something different. Both Brahmas are much more low activity than...
  10. J

    My Pallet Coop

    Well, yesterday I started collecting and breaking down pallets. While the pre-fabs look really nice in the store, I couldn't get over my concerns that they wouldn't last very long, and online reviews that they were flimsy as well. My wife is skeptical. Me? Less So. My plan is a large...
  11. J

    Hello from NC

    Good Morning, I just wanted to say Hello from NC. I'm looking forward to learning a lot from everyone here!
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