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    Ended Official BYC Article Writing Contest #13

    I will write an article on how to deter internal parisites using antique practices.
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    Comment by 'mramericauna' in article 'Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop'

    Also I think once I have the soil amended with the "fertilized" pine straw I will still have the sand I could throw a fresh layer on top and let them have the sand for a while too.
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    Comment by 'mramericauna' in article 'Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop'

    I'm on the Atlantic coast of Georgia. The ground here is extremely sandy anyways. I was considering sand for the chicken fort knox.. I mean coop I have under construction. When I lived in KY I had a gravel run. That worked well there, but I can see the gravel disappearing as it sinks in this...
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    Chicken Coop Placement

    I do not I'm going to build it on the fly so to speak. I know what I want it to look like and what security features I'm adding but it's in my head. But what size coop do you recommend then for 10 hens?
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    Chicken Coop Placement

    I am well inside my property lines, there is a massive Georgia pine tree that provides shade, I have an inground water line with faucet run out to the garden. The faucet will be roughly 25 feet from the coop. Where the garden and hen house will be is on a slight slope and the coop will be on the...
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    Best hutch design and floor for a pet Flemish giant?

    I used to raise meat rabbits. I learned that due to the weight of the flemish giant x New Holland cross rabbits needed a way to get off of the wire bottoms I had in my cages. The wire made sores on their feet, that eventually bleed. I placed a piece of plywood in the pen and they could get off...
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    Chicken Coop Placement

    I have a new issue. I am getting ready to build my chicken coop. The issue I am wrestling with is I want my chicken coop near my garden. It will be roughly 10 feet away from the garden, Since Chicken manure is very rich in nitrogen, when it rains Im scared the chicken "Tea" will burn out a...
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    Why do I beat myself up about butchering a few cockerels.

    I was raised on a cattle farm. My grandpa taught me to look at the cattle as livestock not pets. I know some people here look at their chickens as family and there is nothing wrong with that. But in addition to teaching me cattle were livestock he also taught me to take care of the cattle to the...
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    YO GEORGIANS! :)

    Add me.... I live in southeast GA
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    calling any one from missouri

    I was born and raised in Perryville Missouri. But I live in ga now.
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    lethargic bantam hen - not eating or drinking, watery stool

    Is she panting at all?
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    I just found all 26 of my ducks headless!?!?

    I caught a raccoon eating a chicken head of mine before. I have never had any experience with weasels, but I have heard they will do the same.
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    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    I live in southeast GA. Stores here are out of eggs, cheese, and toilet paper/paper towels. Everyone is in a panic and over buying. My county has 4 confirmed cases of novel covid-19. Idk any of them personally. I personally am ok on most fronts. I actually got my garden in today. I have plenty...
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    AYAM CEMANI - Pure Black chicken, inside and out!

    I can sell you some chicks for $150 each + shipping. I dont have enough adult birds to sell yet but I am getting started. Right now I can sell chicks though.
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    Taste of Duck Eggs

    I used to work at an egg distribution plant about 5 years ago. I can tell you from that particular plant eggs were only about 3-5 days old at the oldest before they shipped out. The one funny thing though is the same chicken that lays the eggs for the Walmart brand sunny meadows lays the eggs...
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    Taste of Duck Eggs

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    Turkey basics vs chicken basics

    OK just out of sheer curiosity... Where do you guys get your info from? Is there any links you can share that you personally reference or is it all first hand trial and error knowledge?
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    Turkey basics vs chicken basics

    I live in kind of a wierd place. My house is zoned in the city limits, and my mom-n-law who lives 50yds away is in the county. I have a total of 3 acres now, and when she passes her 2.? Acres will become my wife's. But I was thinking an 8x10 coop with a run coming off the 10' side out about...
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    Turkey basics vs chicken basics

    So if I wanted to maintain 4 adult birds how much run space and coop space do I need? I am interested in Narragansett turkeys.
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    Australorp - Gender

    Then she must be a he/she,..I'm sorry I had to, but most likely a pullet. With one leg up and one down
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