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    Hello from Ohio

    (1) I have had chickens for the past 12 years, from 3 to a 60 hen headcount. (3) Black Australorp, Jersey Giants, Buckeye, and Golden Buff (4) I found BackYardChickens.com through a message forum search. (5) Other hobbies, fish aquariums and photography. (6) 3 dogs are the other pets, a...
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    Selling Eggs from Home

    OK, we lost our "Amish Place" we sold our eggs from (we were the last new seller and egg sales were slowing). We are planning on selling from home and are aware of the local laws. Those of you that sell from home is it an: 1. Honor system open 24 hours 2. You only sell from XX:00 to YY:00...
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    Sams Club Feed

    Anyone else use the layer feed at Sams Club? It's about 9.50 for a 50 lb bag in Ohio. We use a bag a week for 30 birds and the local TSC was creeping up to $14.00 a bag.
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    New Nest Boxes (10 nests)

    I thought I would share these since they turned out OK. Used the bucket article from a recent magazine. The rest is all framing lumber. The roof is to deter perching. Ran 1 bucket short, that's why there is a green one. (DW insisted on new ones....) I have the foam shelf liner under the...
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    5 Gallon Galvanized Waterer

    I bought a 5 gallon galvanized waterer (the metal ones). I set the waterer on an old oak barn board (about 12" wide and 2" thick) that was pretty close to level. I filled the waterer, put the lid on and it filled about 1/2 way up the rim of the bowl part. I came back an hour later and it was...
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    Water Hose Question

    Any problem with giving chicks water from a hose? I know that some people say not to drink water from a garden hose, but I have most of my life. Any known problems in doing this?
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    Flock Size - By the Book....

    My DW has joined in on this chicken adventure and she is the reader among us. She keeps reading references to small, medium and large flocks. Of course she asks me what a small flock is.... I finally found one older book (1950's) that references a small flock as 50 or less. These are my...
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    One Week Olds Roosting?!?!

    These are a few of my one week olds. They have had some type of roost since we have had them. Built it and they will come....
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    Feeder Question

    My 23 one week old are starting to spill a lot of food out of the 2 mason jar feeders. They are up on a 2x4, but from what I can tell it is from them trying to scratch in the feeder holes and dumping feed. Yesterday when we left for church I filled a jar, when we came back 2-3 hours later the...
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    Chicks Arrived today!

    Here are my Chicks from Meyer. I ordered 25 (5 of each - RIR, Buckeye, Jersey Giant, Black Star and Golden Buff). Lost a black one in the shipping and a buff within a few hours. This was after a 3 day ship from the PO - Ohio to Ohio!!! They are bunching here because I just changed the...
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    Electric Fence and Chicken Runs

    Background information. Planning on 25 birds for now. We have 2 barns tied together the first is 25' X 17' which will be the main coop, birds will be locked in this building at night. Barn 2 is 15' x 15' with open wooden siding (very drafty). The birds will have to go through barn 2 to get...
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    Electrolyte Mix

    I think I might need some math help or maybe I got the wrong thing. From TSC I got the Durvet Electrolyte and Vitamin mix for poultry (and other critters). It is an 8 ounce package that makes 110 gallons, which is way too much at once for me. So mixing 1/10 of an ounce of the mix with 1.375...
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