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So here is my dog crate brooder. Its 3ft by 2.5 ft I used rain gutter guard along the bottom a few zip ties. It keeps the little ones from sticking their little heads in the house cats mouth. . My hover light is a 6 gallon metal bucket "Mama" with a light socket. I am using a 60 watt bulb and...

Oh NOOOOO!!!!.... I can't un-see this .... yuk yuk yuk .... oh my tummy doesn't feel good

I should have been more specific. You are correct it is not an antibiotic. Ractopamine is a beta agonist drug that increases protein synthesis, thereby making the animal more muscular. This reduces the fat content of the meat and increases the profit per animal. With this any turkey can win the...

I noticed one day on my farm how even the shadow of a hawk sends my chickens running for cover. They do not come out until the are sure it is clear. SO I built out of black foam a very life-size hawk shadow shaped kite. I went to Lowes and hauled home a 20ft 1in pvc pipe and anchored it to the...

There is so much science in poultry today. I don't blame them. The big boys have to have production in large numbers. Outlaw growth hormones and introduce antibiotics that serve only to to increase growth... I am no scientist but to me its all the same. 2008 they allow Topmax (ractopamine...

In all my years of raising chickens and all the people I know that raise chickens I don't believe I have ever heard a story about a chicken eating any kind of plant and getting sick or injured. They seem to eat everything but actually are very picky eaters and appear to have instant taste. I...

Being serious ... about chicken and farm raised birds in general. I hunt and have eaten a lot of different birds from all around the country. Pheasant from western Kansas living in the grain fields wheat corn etc are wonderful but tough due to the flight muscles. Doves are very dark red meat...

TASTES LIKE CHICKEN!!!! ....lol sorry I had to

Belfry-H758-e1392338257292.jpg Urban coop company has some really nice looking coops they also ship nationwide. There kit even includes most of the tools needed to put it together as well.

People would think my chickens are wild.... I think I have the smartest chicken flock ever due to natural selection and survival of the fittest (the circle of life thing) We live in the woods when something gets hungry it comes hunting chickens. Hawks Coons Fox Bobcat Coyote they all like white...

Dave Ramsey and his minion aka My loving wife said I had a 400.00 budget. I found small lumber yard and asked for pallets they gladly gave them to me. I was not allowed to take the standard size pallets (big thick heavy ones) they said they could not reuse this type so its was a win win for...

Thats great info! You have me convinced ... this is the egg turner I am building!

Thanks for the info. I still think I might mark the first couple batches with X and O just to make sure there is no odd shaped egg that would cause them to just slide. Sorry my wife has trained me to jump to the worst possible conclusion in one single thought. LOL the whole setup looks...

Does that egg turner work as well as the video showed? I am designing my incubator right now and ordered the same motor type and was considering building that same one. Also could you please share a few more details about the software and which temp sensor you are using with it? Thing...

Welcome to BYC! Oklahoma isn't so far from me!

So I came across the LasKo 200watt personal heater. this heater is fan forced by the same 12dc fan you see in many other bator's I ordered it pulled it apart and just like the movies I clipped the BLUE wire leading to the ceramic element and spliced my own wire into it. this will...

Right now we Silver Laced pair, A trio of white crested blacks, and a pair of Golden Laced. Each coloring in their own runs so our so we never get scrambled eggs :)

Southwest Missouri Ozarks near close enough to throw rocks at Arkansas,Oklahoma and Kansas.

What a wonderful website and chicken community! I am enjoying the photo's and filling my head with all sorts of projects. Currently we have a mixed bag free range flock of egg layers and another coop dedicate to Polish flavors. We live on 44 wonderful acres here in the Ozarks and wouldn't want...