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    Mauve ameraucana questions

    I was sold some chicks as “mauve ameraucana pullets 99% sure they were female”. But I ended up with this rooster. Does anybody know what breed he likely is?Can anyone give me some information on mauve ameraucanas? Are they a cross breed or is this considered one of the standard colours for...
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    Home made incubator, new to chickens, constructive criticism.

    I built to built this incubator to hatch snakes 10 years ago , now I’d like to try hatching chickens so I bought a couple egg turners. I plan on placing the temp and humidity probes in a more central location, adding large bottles of water in the bottom fo temperature stabilization, and...
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    Conveyor belt for adjustable brooder box?

    I’ve got a heavy duty roll of conveyor belt and was thinking I could unspool a large loop of it and use it as the walls for a brooder. I could uses a scrap plywood floor, and cover it with hardware cloth fencing. The thick conveyor belt is 16 inches wide so that would make my brooder 16 inches...
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    if lumber price wasn't an issue, what dimension duck house would you build?

    I bought an old saw mill property that came with lots of lumber. I would like meat ducks and have a large acreage. The winters have lots of snow and -25c /-12f temperatures. If you had unlimited lumber what dimensions would you make a duck house? Length width height.
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    Built a large chicken tractor.

    Built this heavy thing, what do you think?
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    Rhode Island Red and Plymouth Rock, Roos or pullets? 5.5 weeks

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    Will egg layer do well under 2 foot tall run?

    I was thinking about making a Joel Salatin style chicken tractor for meat birds. Could I mount a coop up higher off the back and have egg laying chickens in there instead? The run would be 2 feet high. Completely new to this, thanks in advance.
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    I have a sawdust field, what animal can best fertilize the land?

    I recently bought an acreage that was old saw mil. I have a 3 acre field of decomposed sawdust that has nothing growing on it. It's 1 foot deep and then it's clay. What is the best way to get somthing growing on it? I have just built a chicken tractor for 6 laying hens. I've also been...
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    Is this natural pond enough to support ducks?

    today I saw 2 mallards in my pond and it made me wonder if my pond can support farm ducks? It's about 30ftx50ftx4 ft deep. Has some flow until about August where the pond shrinks to about 25x40. I live in an area with extremely heavy snowfall. I have 2 livestock guardian dogs, a chain saw, a lot...
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