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Under the old software I had a few web pages that were all accessible under the same link. The first page was a coop design that still exists here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mac-in-wiscos-chicken-coop , but I cannot find the other pages. Do they still exist someplace?

I've been doing a bunch of upgrades. The hen house only had four windows on the north side. I just added eight to the south side where there were none. What a pain. The walls were heavily spray foamed before the liner was installed. I removed the liner panels, laid out where the windows...

Back to the Start Coldplay's haunting classic "The Scientist" is performed by country music legend Willie Nelson for the soundtrack of the short film entitled "Back to the Start." The film, by film-maker Johnny Kelly, depicts the life of a farmer as he slowly turns his family farm into an...

We butchered 31 broilers today at 7 1/2 weeks old. Our results were outstanding. I ordered 30 straight run jumbo broilers from Sunnyside and received 31. I allowed for 15 lbs of feed per bird ordered and bought 150 lbs of 22% organic corn/soy ration to start and 300 lbs of 20% organic...

An article from a local paper on some teenagers that got in trouble in a small village in our area: http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_bca538b2-d389-11e0-94dd-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story My comments are under the username "Mac". Anytime there is an article about kids getting in...

We're going to process a number of layer hens this weekend, debone them, and can the meat. We're sitting here discussing the process. I was thinking that we'd process a couple dozen, throw them in a chill tank without ice and just run cold well water over them until we finished processing...

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In the depths of winter here with another 6 inches of snow on its way. I took some photos of our barn today and posted them on my BYC page: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2328-wisconsin-layer-barn

I have a dilemna here... I just saw an ad on TV for a movie called "The Dilemma". I thought, what the heck, why did they spell it wrong? I then looked up the proper spelling of the word. I found that it is supposed to spelled with a double "m". I also ran across numerous conversations on...

We had an interesting day today. We produce certified organic eggs for our organic co-op and we pull a number of jumbo and super-jumbo off the top for local sales from the farm. We have been asking $2/dz and sell quite a bit from the farm to our neighbors. Last year when the jumbo eggs were...

Nifty mentioned his new solar power installation in another thread. His blog about it is here: http://www.nifty-stuff.com/solar-panels-energy-part-1.php That got me going and doing some research. What I found wasn't too promising for my situation. I have one very large, south facing barn...

This coop looks overrun with critters...

We have a serious rat infestation in our layer barn. I've been trapping them since this summer with Conibear traps and a rat zapper, but have only caught about fifteen of them. Lately when I go out in the barn after dark I see a at least a half dozen running in all directions as I open the...

My wife and I received our military pension payments today and it took me a few minutes to figure out why we each got about $40 less. It's because the Federal Income Tax Withholding tables reverted back to before the Making Work Pay Tax Credit went into effect in 2009. Unless you had your...

A fellow shot an 8 point buck behind our place on Sunday and gave it to us. The local butcher had it done by Monday night and we had a pretty decent roast tonight. I threw some stuff in the crockpot this morning and it turned out so well I thought I'd share: 4 lb venison roast 4 cups water 1...

These are all quarter pounders or better in comparison with some large eggs (2.25 oz eggs). The largest is 4.85 oz (137 grams). The last pic is an oddball one I got today.

From our local newspaper this morning: http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_9ee5d1bc-cdbc-11de-a418-001cc4c002e0.html

Somebody was questioning me about my profile picture of Marty Feldman as an aviator. Does anybody know which movie or skit this was from?

Talks about a local couple raising chickens "under the radar". Don't let the term "Town of Shelby" fool you, these folks live in a rural residential area out in a county that is primarily an agricultural base. In Wisconsin counties if you don't live within the limits of a City or Village then...