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  1. boothin

    2 Day old silver laced wyandotte might be dying already

    They are 2 days old, hatched monday. Also, the 97 temp is at the hottest spot in the brooder, and decreases as they move away, so they have a pretty wide range of temperatures they can sit at.
  2. boothin

    2 Day old silver laced wyandotte might be dying already

    This morning all 4 chicks were fine. Tonight, I just checked them again and our silver laced wyandotte seems to not be doing well. She seems really sleepy, like she will stand still for a few seconds then doze off and fall over. She will also stand there with a sleepy look on her eyes then fall...
  3. boothin

    Coop big enough for 8 chickens?

    Depending on what your budget is, we built this coop for about $700 using the 10% off at Lowes from the post office whenever we could. It is about 5.5 ft by 5.5 ft with an 18x20 pen. Its not quite done yet though so ignore the unfinished corner.
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    Can I put wormer in their feed instead of water?

    4 ml in a gallon of water means 1 chicken has to drink 16oz of water to get a 1/2ml dose. The dose might sound really weak but watching how much our chickens drink, it seems about right. If you do mix 13ml of safeguard in their food, how will you keep it from just forming a big clump of...
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    Where can I get the right kind of sand

    Looking around google the only place I found was here. http://palmerpaving.com/materials might give them a try but they only sell by the ton. Don't know how much you need
  6. boothin

    Is this coop too big?

    That coop is only 9.3 sq ft. 39 in = 3.25 ft 34.5 in = 2.875 ft 3.25 ft*2.875 ft = 9.34 sq ft
  7. boothin

    Can I put wormer in their feed instead of water?

    Well, similarly, you would have no way of knowing how much medicine they would get from their feed either. Since they free range one bird might forage more than another and eat less feed while another bird forages less and gets more feed. Either way, unless you are directly dosing them, it...
  8. boothin

    EE poop so clear I thought it was thrown up water! Help!

    One of our pullets had almost identical poos and we did a round of fenbendazole and saw improvement after a day and normal poos within 3 days. We also noticed that her crop was almost completely empty when she had the watery poos. Could possibly be worms that wazine doesn't kill.
  9. boothin

    Can I put wormer in their feed instead of water?

    Is there a reason you want to put it n their feed instead of their water?
  10. boothin

    Warning...Warning...DO NOT BUY A COOP FROM myamishgoods.com

    www.resellerratings.com is a very large and popular place to review online merchants. Might put it up on there
  11. boothin

    How do you put a roost in a chicken tractor?

    I know tractor supply has those and they are about $4 or $5 iirc
  12. boothin

    Battery Powered Heat Lamp Question

    A 250w solar panel only puts out about 8 amps so you would need about 3x the amount of time to charge as you use. so of the heat lamp runs 6 hours a day, 1 panel would need 18 hours of direct sunlight to charge it. But since you won't be getting constant direct sunlight let's double that number...
  13. boothin

    How Much sunlight do my Chickens need?

    They're chickens, not plants lol. When it says they need a certain amount of sunlight, it means it should be day outside. Then chickens will choose whether they want to be in the sun or if they want to cool down and be in the shade.
  14. boothin

    Anyone experienced with vinyl flooring? HELP

    Its made to do just that, float over the floor. Normally you would tape down where two pieces meet and the rest isn't attached to the floor. The floorboards around the edge keep the edges down. The floor underneath is then free to shrink and expand without causing the vinyl to buckle or gap...
  15. boothin

    Solar-Powered Lamps?

    A solar panel to power a heat lamp would definitely need to be pretty large. For a solar panel that can run a 100 watt light bulb, it would be around 4ft by 2ft and would need to follow the sun to keep the sun shining straight onto it to keep up its power output.
  16. boothin

    What kind of builder can help me with a Run?

    Look in your yellow pages or search google for general handymen in your area. What you are looking to do is fairly simple and shouldn't require any specialty contractors. Call them and describe what you want to do. Some will come out to look at what you want to do and quote you from there.
  17. boothin

    Building a run....

    I would probably stay away from the treated lumber. No way to know for sure if it would be okay or not but I think it's better to err on the side of caution. The SPF whitewood lumber would be okay and would last several years. It is your cheapest option. Sealing it and painting it would help it...
  18. boothin

    How many birds can we have with our set up?

    Right now 4 easter Eggers, 2 marans and an orpington. Thinking about adding a Sussex, Wyandotte, and brahma and possibly selling 2 of the EEs to diversify our flock. I think all but the marans are said to be pretty cold hardy and our winters generally stay above 20F. Looking back at historic...
  19. boothin

    Rotation/Paddock/Pasture Design

    Not exactly related to your question but it might be relevent. How close to the road is the ditch and have to looked at your local laws to see how far from the road you have to build? If it's one of those ditches that are a few feet from the road there is a decent chance you aren't allowed to...
  20. boothin

    How many birds can we have with our set up?

    So, in a case like this the size of the coop doesn't really matter if you let them roam in an adequately sized run? and have enough roost space of course. For example, if 15 birds were kept there would it be okay as long as they are let out into the run even though the coop is small but had...
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