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  1. Ricefarm224

    Coop/Run is done, minus top covering

    If I ever see a post hole digger again, it will be too soon. :p The electric fence works, as tested and confirmed by my wife's Yorkshire Terrier. He won't go within 50 feet of it now. I can say with certainty that was a real lesson learned. ;) All that's left to do is some sort of top...
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    Time to turn some dirt.

    Harrowing fields today while the wife does her thing for the home garden. I have a feeling my day will be quite a bit longer than hers, as will the weeks to come. :)
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    2 week old chicks starting to roost. Suggestions for dowel size?

    They knocked the lid off the feeder and I found one perching atop it today. Best I can do right now is an approximate 3/8" dowel and am wondering if I need to get a larger one real soon. Suggestions? Maybe a "branchy" piece of tree limb from the yard?
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    I'm so focused on ground predator prevention.....

    .....I didn't even think about eagles until just now. :eek: We have a nesting pair on the other side of the farm, about a mile away. Haven't seen them in a while but today I noticed one standing out in one of our yet to be planted fields. Doesn't happen often but I've seen one perched atop a...
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    TSC coop and a couple of questions

    Ok, so we got this coop and it says suitable for 6 chickens, but I think not and plan on building a much larger one. In my mind this will be temporary until that goes up. I think we'll use this just to get them initially outside. I'm thinking about sitting this on a wooden floor supported by...
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    Ballpark on age and specific breed?

    These came from TSC on March 26. Just in the few days we've had them, wings have appeared quickly and it's surprising how fast they seem to grow. No idea what they are exactly aside from the store sign saying bantams. Trying to figure what type of bantam. I didn't think much of the whole...
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    Started with 6 and sadly lost one last night

    New to chickens and I'm reading all I can about them. Started with 6 last week and one always seemed way less active than the others right from the start. I kind of had a feeling if we were to lose one it would be that one. The other 5 are doing great in their box I built and seem to like the...
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    New to the forums thanks to my wife and Tractor Supply

    Title says it all. My wife came home with some chicks and a bunch of "chicken stuff" after an impulse purchase at tractor supply this weekend. So here I am. The mad scramble to get them setup is done with building a large plywood box, heat lamp with all due safety precautions in place, etc...
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