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    Show off your chicken names!!!

    our names started like this> we got 12 chicks, 8 yellow and 4 colored of all mixed breeds, pullets at a couple days old. my daughter named ANGEL, a mostly black docile hen. I named SWEEP PEA because she is the meekest and sweetest one of the dozen. my wife named CHICKEN HAWK because of her...
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    Thoughts on how to mount a chicken shed on wheels?

    i used 6" lawn mower wheels. works ok, but a bit larger wheels on my bumpy lawn might have made it easier to push around. as it is, i can do it myself but its much easier when i have help. the bottom rail is very heavy oak. this will last a long long time. i have this for sale for 200...
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    How many chickens do we all have? 60,083 and counting.

    29210 TOTAL My girls added to yours: 29198 + 12 hens = 29210 TOTAL
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    will chickens eat ants?

    my young chickens were penned up where an ant mound was established. chickens aren't born smart but learn quickly. at first the ants walked up the hens legs and started biting them. i could see it distressed the girls. as they learned about the ant "temper" and taste, with in about 3 months...
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    galvanized waterers

    i use the 3 gal. galvanized for my mobile pen and hanging it has helped but after 24 hours its nearly empty. I have 21 fryers that are 4 weeks old. not sure if its leaking or they are drinking it. for my layers, I have a 5 gallon home depot bucket (2.99) and plastic water basin 3"x16" for a...
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    Siding the coop: anything cheaper than plywood?

    go to the free section on craigslist.org/about/sites i built my 8'x10' coup and 50'x8' run for less than 75 dollars. Most everything was obtained off of craigslist. I had to closely monitor for weeks. when something i could use popped up, i would immediately call or email and then go pick...
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    do you find yourself missing your chicks when you are away?

    i went to lunch with my dad the other day and was talking about my chickens. my wife and (her)kids have never experienced chickens and they seem to really enjoy all these little guys and gals bring. i really enjoy every aspect of raising layers and fryers. its an emotional thing.
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    Anybody ever teach a goat tricks?

    you mean like jumping on the hood of my brand new car?
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    Roo went after my 5 year old.....

    i got an aggressive roo from a friend of the family years ago. when i saw it go after my 4 year old son and make him run and cry. i pick up a stick and handed it to my boy. i told him dont let that chicken push him around, knock the sh*t outta him until he figures out who's boss. my boy look...
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    has any one ever used craigslist?

    when i give something away, i put it out front next to the curb and put my address with instructions not to contact me. i do not put my phone number. if they want me to hold the item, i will pull it out of the pile and set a specific time they can come by to pick it up, or it goes back out on...
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    has any one ever used craigslist?

    i review CL free section almost daily and have picked up or given away something of value dozens of times. what i have learned is that if they dont get back to you with in 24 hours, its gone. also, it is very common that a no show will happen, so my message is, if you still have the item...
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    galvanized waterers

    Me too. I am considering drilling a second hole.
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    OMGOMGOMGOMG>>>>>> UPDATE!:

    I've seen too many selfish, self centered, unstable, unreasonable and generally worthless "normal" people who barely integrate with the rest of society. (I am a retired police officer) They act like the world revolves around them and genuinely are incapable of seeing a point of view different...
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    will chickens eat ants?

    i got a dozen mix breed layers. they were about 8 weeks old when i put them under a light in their chicken coup/run. In the run, was a 2.5 foot high Thrasher ant hill. On a warm day, thousands would appear on the hill to sun themselves. My layers were still discovering their world when two...
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