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  1. smokindave

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    This is my first one under construction. The design was the only idea I could come up with using the very small amount of scrap material I had to work with. An A-frame used the least material per cubic ft. As you can see, they were eager to move in. Five years later they are still living in...
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    Insuring my chicken run is a healthy place to bring in new chickens

    I have a 10 thousand sq.ft. free range area fenced in for my chickens. The flock consists of 8 hens and one rooster. I have had them 4-5 years and want to keep them. But I am building a second hen house and want to run some new chickens over the same ground. How can I be sure my existing flock...
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    Pasty Butt, new chicken mom here!

    Make sure the feed you bought is "Chick Starter". A know-it-all at TSC sold me crumbles for layer hens instead of chick starter. It gave about half my chicks pasty butt before I found the mistake. I saved all but one by cleaning them up. I had to VERY CAREFULLY trim the down that had clumps too...
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    Predator Proof

    I have a 100'x100' chicken yard. That's 10,000 square feet. The fence is 4' high with 2"x4" weave. In addition to the chicken house I have a dog house. That's where a good ole mixed hound rescue dog lives when not by the woodstove. He will not harm a chicken or a cat. I also am surrounded by...
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    Least expensive feed for layers

    Thank You!
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    Least expensive feed for layers

    Thank you so much.
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    Least expensive feed for layers

    I want my egg production to outstrip my feed cost (or at least minimize feed costs). I have to get enough eggs to profit. I love chickens, but can't afford more freeloading pets. Because of predators I can't free range outside of my 100'x100' fenced enclosure. The grocery stores here have a...
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    Disease on comb

    Thank you!
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    Disease on comb

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    Disease on comb

    My chickens are developing something like growths or warts on their combs. It is spreading and increasing in severity. What is this? What is the treatment? Thanks!
  11. smokindave

    Cats and Chickens

    Several times in my life I have raised chicks to chickens. Always inside my house in my living room. I have always had cats.Years and years ago I read that, for whatever reason, a domestic cat will not harm a domestic chicken. I have always found this to be true. Some cats are enthralled, some...
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    Dog attack ripped out lots of feathers

    I let my guard down and allowed a dog attack. My favorite. A Silver Duck Wing Yokohama. All his tail feathers, and on his back, and under the tail are gone. It is horrible looking, though scratches and bruises are all that show. ( I don't know about internal damage). The first thing I did was...
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    what is the "natural" diet for chickens?

    There are some incredibly good answers here. I can't do better. I just wanted to say this: one November a friend butchered one of his chickens here in Kentucky. It was late November. no leaves no flowers no flying insects that I could see. His chickens had access to the woods and fields. Its...
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    Which breed of fowl fetches the largest price

    I'm raising chickens again. I love it! I'm raising less expensive "rare " breeds to insure that my facilities are predator proof and my methods effective at growing a sound and healthy birds. Next year, I hope to upgrade my stock. I am not wealthy,so it behooves me to raise a flock that will...
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    Please tell me what breed this is

    Does anyone know the breed of the rooster posted on my profile pic.? I can't upload a pic. onto this for some reason. Thanks for the help.
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