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    Cheap and quick coop

    So I have two coops, one is more of a dog house with roosting bars, the other is quite thin and tall. Both came with the place I'm renting, and are rotting away fast. A few nights ago I went in to the coop, a few hours after shutting them, in to grab eggs. A sunk was inside the coop! He was just...
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    Mice in, or around the coop..?!

    yeah, I'm happy to have a friendly cat rather than black rat snakes, but to each there own.
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    Chicken Tractor

    Sorry this is a better pic of the tractor, so you can see what's going on better. I set up a run with an opening the width of the handles and just roll it into place. I lay a 2x6 under the handles so they can't get out there... a few of them always get out some where, these guys require lots of...
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    Chicken Tractor

    I was building a garden way style wheelbarrow and realized an old rabbit cage fit into it perfectly, anyway I never finished and it's a alright tractor and a crummy wheelbarrow. What you can't see in the pic is that there is an opening in the cage so they can go anywhere in the wheelbarrow, and...
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    Culling on chick starter feed???

    I'm not an expert at all, but at 4 weeks I think it's fine to transition them over to a developer or grower/finisher feed. Most of those are not medicated. At what age do you plan to cull the flock?
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    I think I've been starving my poor chickens....

    There is something to be said for using crumble food for adults. Mainly it takes them longer to eat, so they're less bored, and therefore less likely to peck each others eyes out. But I'd agree that using pellets would be a good idea as they seem to be picky eaters.
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    I think I've been starving my poor chickens....

    I'm not an expert at all, but have read in a few places (well mostly in book published in the 30's), that too much corn is quite bad for layers. You can use more in the winter, but should limit to about 30% max. The hard thing about that number is that any pellet or crumble feed likely has a lot...
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    Granola as feed?

    There are a wide range of granola products made at this factory. Most are sweetened with cane sugar (usually brown), and often a small amount of maple syrup. molasses, or honey is also used. I'd estimate most have have 10-15% sugar by weight. Also canola oil is used, I'd guess about 4-8%. A...
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    Granola as feed?

    Thanks, that's kind of what i was guessing, but didn't want to chance it off my uneducated guess. That's great news, I was hoping I could fatten them up on free food. I will give them all the grower pellets they want too, but I'm hoping that will trim back my bill at the feed store. As far...
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    Granola as feed?

    Any suggestions to how much is too much? And what problems may be caused by a diet too high in sugar?
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    Mice in, or around the coop..?!

    Wow, that is a really great, yet really disgusting idea! I'm glad my neighbor's cat likes to hang out in the run to take care of the mice, otherwise I might have to try that.
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    Granola as feed?

    Hi, think this may be my first post, I forget, I've been registered and reading for some time now. Anyway I have 4 laying hens, and 26 six week old strait run birds. I'm now working at a granola factory, and we save floor sweepings and give them to pig farmers. I've been considering bringing...
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