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  1. Mark Armstrong

    Brands of feed for adult hens

    Layer
  2. Mark Armstrong

    Brands of feed for adult hens

    Big V vs. Purina?
  3. Mark Armstrong

    No eggs the last 5-6 weeks!!

    I've gone from 9-11 average from 12 hens to 4-5 eggs daily, 3 are molting but it's a light molt, same food, they free range an hour or two every evening, nothing has changed, maybe they need to be wormed?
  4. Mark Armstrong

    Old timer - is it any good?

    $10 at Home Depot, works great
  5. Mark Armstrong

    Old timer - is it any good?

    It looks to be a timer for say, an outside guard light, we have one of those at our lodge building, made in the 70's I think
  6. Mark Armstrong

    8x8 Coop - Floor Layout - Does this work?

    Very similar to mine, the floor area on mine below the roost bars is one layer of 2x4 wire and a layer of chicken wire, most of the poo falls through to the ground, I do have to clean the wire at times, my coop is 2 feet above the ground, birds seem to like to hang out under there, I have pvc...
  7. Mark Armstrong

    Too hot

    I do have electricity, late spring/early summer is fairly humid but mid summer brings dry heat, the cooler has a reservoir
  8. Mark Armstrong

    Too hot

    I have electricity but no easy access to pressurized water so I was thinking about putting a small evaporative cooler in my coop, Not sure how well this will work or not, I lost 2 birds last summer to this N. Texas heat, the large chunks of ice is something I can try as well
  9. Mark Armstrong

    First time hatching advice

    Never heard of washing eggs before incubating, won't that let excess air in?
  10. Mark Armstrong

    Comment by 'Mark Armstrong' in article 'Sashurlows Pvc Water Feeder'

    I used 2-45's with a short enough piece of pipe so when glued the two butted together, worked well.
  11. Mark Armstrong

    How often do you get new birds?

    I started my flock 4 years ago with a dozen 2 day old chicks, 4 rir, 4 black sex links and 4 easter eggers, I still have one of each, I have an assorted bunch with 10 more hens and 3 roo's, with my current coop and run I'm near capacity, planning on starting a new coop and run that will be at...
  12. Mark Armstrong

    Marans roo and isa browns

    Just mainly for eggs, I bought them together a couple of months ago and they have remained together in their own separate coop and run, I have eleven hens in a different area, guess I could put the roo in with them, Rir's, sex links and americauas, would that be a better mix? Thanks
  13. Mark Armstrong

    Marans roo and isa browns

    I have a Marans roo and a half dozen isa browns, I'm fairly sure I have seen some fertile yolks on the few eggs of theirs I have cracked and eaten, Will this be a good mix if I try to hatch some of these eggs, Thanks
  14. Mark Armstrong

    How early can i integrate my chicks with the big flock?

    This is actually a question concerning integrating a few 7-8 month old hens with my older flock of hens, this will bring my total flock to 19 hens and 1 roo, my coop is 8x8 with two 8 foot long roost bars and 4 nest boxes, run space is 24x8, with an additional 6x8 pen that has a connecting...
  15. Mark Armstrong

    New chicken owner from North Texas

    Same here Diva, my 4 younger hens are starting to lay now so I'm up to 10-11 eggs a day, gathered an egg yesterday that is really long, bet it's a double yolk
  16. Mark Armstrong

    New chicken owner from North Texas

    No sir, I only have RIR, Black sex links and a few easter eggers
  17. Mark Armstrong

    First try at incubating

    Well, here goes nothing, incubating what I think are a dozen fertile eggs, homemade incubator with no electronics, my temps have ranged from 97-103, kept humidity around 50% during the first 18 days, pulled out egg turner and added sponges and got it up to 70%, candled them as I placed back into...
  18. Mark Armstrong

    Cheap coop and run

    Going to try and build a coop and run as economically as possible, I have a 6x10 dog kennel left by the previous home owner, a couple of cheap shipping crates I picked up at WM for free and some left over wire from my first coop build, any ideas? Thanks
  19. Mark Armstrong

    Roosters or molting?

    He's only about 6 months old and pretty aggressive as well, he chases the hens quite a bit, I've haven't seen him pecking on one of them but it must be happening, I work during the day but let them out during my at home hours, they have plenty of room in the run, my egg production has fallen off...
  20. Mark Armstrong

    Roosters or molting?

    I’m kind of new to chicken keeping, in just over a year now, I have several birds whom I think are molting by I’m not sure, this is a pic of one of my black stars, I have 3 or 4 more in about the same shape, concerned
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