My apologies. Have not been on BYC for ages. Had a few notifications so figured I should make an appearance. I do have a my coop in the coops pages. The entire building process is shown. Been so long all I can say is look for it, Baymen Moe's coop. I think the wall heights are 8ft and 7. After...
I have 19ga 1/2 in on my run and have not had a break in ever, including mice. I wouldn't say one is easier to work with than the other.
There is one overlooked issue with hardware cloth that is seldom brought up.If you enjoy watching your chickens during the day, compare the visual aspect of...
An alternative to spending a ton on books would be visiting BYC's sister site on gardening. Lot's of good hands on advice from people around the country.
http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/
Close off the next boxes until laying age. I used a panel of hardware cloth to keep them out of the nest boxes. Make sure your roosts are higher than the nest boxes and they should stay out of the nests once they get the hang of sleeping on roost.
Coop De Bill
For many years I had an interest in chickens and small-scale farming in general. When I finally had a house of my own, I had room for a garden and then created the space for a chicken coop, with the blessing of my better half. I'm skilled in many things but building is not a skill...
Just curious, are you not able to get chicks that are sexed? Maybe I'm not getting you intentions. If you want 20 hens you can easily get all hens, and any roosters you want.
Chickens can't be watched 24/7 so I suspect some pecking going on or maybe rooster attention. Without any visible parasites that's what I would think. Add something to the run such as a flock block to keep them from pecking each other.
Here's a great tip, and I'm a long time gardener, visit the BYC sister site http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/
Tons of info from gardeners accross the country.
I had to post this picture because it was my son's first deer hunt @ 9 years old. Although we saw no deer (this was a few weeks ago) we both had a great time. I now have a life long hunting buddy. Very satisfying to have him in the woods with me. Next year he'll be introduced to waterfowling...
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congratulations to everyone who harvested!
I my deer seasn was a bust. Didn't see anything that I could shoot. (only a fawn in range) I'm hoping to go out during black powder and we have a late doe season.
Im not FROM Jersey and Im not sure on...
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If you don't mind me asking.....Did you marinate it? I see you have it wrapped in bacon, we've grilled it that way also....very delicious!!
I try not to overdue on marinades. After all, I do want to taste the duck not hide it's flavor. That being said this recipe was marinated in...