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Building Your Own Chicken Coop
In the spring of 2009 we decided to join a friend in raising chickens for meat and eggs. Quickly we realized we needed housing for the birds and a way to keep them safe. I decided they needed a large building that would...
Construction site are the best place to get free lumber. Most ppl do not realize that the contractors have to pay to dispose of scrap lumber. I got all of the lumber for my coop and run from construction sites.
Great job on the quail pens.
TC
I told mine on Thursday night that they had until the end of the weekend to give me my eggs or they were bound for the stew pot. Needless to say I got my 1st egg Friday afternoon and another this morning. That Stern talk must work...
I got my first egg on Friday, another one today, and I let my (3) 6 month old RIR hens out into the yard with my 8 week old flock of 26, much to my surprise we had no incidents at all...well until the 6 moth old RIR roo met up with our 16 week old black sex link roo...but that too was just a...
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I work with dirt, grades, and such, your problem is:
1. Low Lying Land - you catch runoff water from everywhere
2. Soil Composition - Not sure what you have but almost bet that you have clay, dig down about 6-8 feet and see what kind of soil you have down there. How deep do you dig...
Chickmama, I am just north in Fayetteville, I have enough OSB on hand that I can give you, if you can meet me along I-95. If you can give me a few days I may be able to have you enough 2x4's to build a decent home for your chickens. The feed store here, Southern Gin has poultry netting in a 50'...
Cumberland County NC Library
Sent email and asked to add to our collection. They ordered a few copies of another book I requested so we shall see. Will post back...
TC
trying to finish my page up but every time I try to publish the final change I loose my data, stuff that has already been published and saved. I have tried several times to replace the data and when I publish it I loose even more data. I thought it was an issue with the length of the page so i...
Thought I would update and change the title to attract more attention.
**UPDATE**
This evening we have taken "Buffy" outside and allowed her to wander, she has been staying near the porch but she took off and went out to the coop tonight. So I am wondering if maybe she needs to be around the...