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    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    After a few weeks of reading, I finally caught up with the end of this thread. My, what I have learned, with good humor, honesty, frankness and a bit of brutality along the way. I am good with all of it. You folks are my kind of people. I don't need no stinkin' chicken diapers and I have no...
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    Anyone else loosing chickens due to the heat?

    A friend lost a bird last month to the heat. Mine seem to tough it out. They have plenty of water -- spiked with ACV -- to drink and wade in, lots of shade and they usually have a good breeze. Frozen water bottles don't last long in 100+ temps, but I try to give them cool treats in the heat of...
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    I'd like them to take care of themselves, but ...

    'cept I'm a Papa.
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    I'd like them to take care of themselves, but ...

    I've had to run the pullets into the coop every night since they moved outside. Tonight, they were all in their house, so I thought all was good when I locked the pop door. I go around and peek in the window. Normally they are all piled on the 18-inch-high roost, right in front of the window...
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    Type of wood for coop in S. California

    @Warmseth: We have two Habitat ReStore stores in the Kansas City area. i took Friday afternoon off from work so my wife and I could go look for specifically for coop roofing material and price other stuff for our home. There was not much in the way of decent stick or sheet wood and they were...
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    Building a small coop and run on the edge of the 'burbs

    Last weekend was a bust because of the weather, but this weekend was better. Three of four walls done, inside and out. I underestimated the number of 2x4s I needed, plus some recycled OSB that was not as good as I thought it was -- good enough for walls, but not a roof. The fourth wall is a...
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    Where can the good J clip crimpers/pliers be purchased?

    After my J-ring pliers failed, I just used my old, trusty lineman's pliers. They might not all be perfect, but they are tight. I should have worn gloves as my hands are shredded right now.
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    Where can the good J clip crimpers/pliers be purchased?

    Look for hog rings, you will be happier.
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    Building coop from old interior doors/ really basic carpentry questions

    It might work while the sun is shining, but when it get rained upon ... I think it will delaminate and turn to crap.
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    Where can the good J clip crimpers/pliers be purchased?

    Funny, because I just returned a pair to TSC today. They broke after about a dozen uses. I used lineman's pliers to complete the job. Whatever happened to hog rings? I used them for fencing and car upholstery years ago, but they seem to have gone the way of the dinosaur.
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    *My completed coop and run!* plus moveable run question...

    Thanks! I thought the answer might be bribing them with treats, but wanted to make sure. My pullets are at six weeks now and are starting to really figure out my acts of bribery. It works with my dog, so why not chickens?
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    *My completed coop and run!* plus moveable run question...

    I had a similar idea, but how do you get them from the run into the pen and vice versa? I just imagine one hen in the pen and the others scattered all over the yard.
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    Building a small coop and run on the edge of the 'burbs

    The Inspector is my youngest grandson. He thinks all of this is for him and who am I to disagree? He knows those little fluffy chicks we got five weeks ago are quickly turning into chickens, so Papa needs to get busy.
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    Any suggestions for paint type and color for inside of chicken house?

    Well, I plan to recycle some paneling for the inside of my chicken house, so it will be "That 70s Coop!" Shag carpet, Lava Lamp, disco ball, little waterbeds in the nesting boxes ... OK, just fooling. The paneling part is real. I will leave it unpainted and dark for the nest boxes and paint it...
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    Wing Clipping Flight

    My 5-week-old pullets are in a 5-foot pen. They are not clipped, but I am thinking about doing it seeing how high they can "fly" right now.
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