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    Broiler Feed and Cost Spread Sheet

    I would appreciate a xls sheet. I'm planning to raise ducks this year and this would be a big help. Thank you. Darrell
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    Covered run

    I'm in Vermont. I installed a partial metal roof from cheap recycled old steel roofing material I got from the town's recycle center for $5-10. I built a 4'x16' covered area, mainly for the brutal winters so my birds could play outside the coop. It's also great during hot summer days but they...
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    Official BYC Poll: Is your RUN Covered or Not?

    I added a 6'x12' roof to my run which is about 50% of the run. Before covering, The first year, my 20 chickens never went more than 1 foot outside in the winter in Vermont with all the snow, so my 21 birds were extremely "cooped up"... Now, they can play outside all winter and they have lots of...
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    Cups vs Nipples??

    I used nipples for a couple years and they often leaked. So this year I'm going to try the cups which is fed by my rain barrel and here in Vermont, we never run out of water in the barrel. I've had as many as 21 chickens, this year I plan to raise ducks for meat and eggs.
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    Do people lie about how many eggs they get??

    Depends on the breed. My white leghorns laid nearly an egg a day even in Vermont winter, but I had added light.
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    Hello from Springfield, Vt

    Moved from Hollywood, CA to VT about 2 years ago and started a flock a bit over a year ago. Originally I had 6 day old Golden Comets hens and 6 Rhode Island Red (straight run, that turned out to be all roosters) that I had to eliminate 5 roos. I then adopted 7 rescue hens, 6 white leghorns and...
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