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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    I am thinking about getting a few guineas. I have owned chickens for 3 years now and am really liking the idea of guineas. I know guineas prefer to free range but does any of you keep your guineas pinned up all the time? I have a coop and a 10 x 50 run. There is no vegitation in the run due...
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    From shed to coop

    I built my coop out of a shed 3 years ago. So far it has worked out great. I/We (hubby really did all the work) added two windows on 3 sides and made a welded wire screen door that can be opened during the day to help with ventilation. I use all of my shed so storage area wasn't an issure for...
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    Playhouse into Coop?? and Vertical nesting? Suggestions please

    Instead of trying to patch the cute cut out holes on the door just get you a piece of sheet plastic from Lowes and attach it to the inside of the door in the winter. Make it removealbe so you can take it off when its hot.
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    "THE OTHER SIDE" This is my Mother's Day present. I just love it. It is a Lowes Quick Shed that we converted into a coop. It measures 8 x 10. We put runs on both sides. They are converted dog kennels. One is 8 x 10 and the other is 6 x 10. Since these pictures were taken we have added...
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    Coop placement relative to the house?? (Smell? Noise?)

    Here's something you need to consider when placing your coop....SHADE!!!!....I also live in Texas and your chickens will need as much shade as you can give them in the summer. Another thing....breeze...are there buildings and such that will block your chicken coop and run? You don't want the...
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    Is This First Timer on the Right Track?

    Forget the grass! That's not going to happen. I live in Texas and if your last summer was anything like ours...you need to place your coop in as much shade as you can. It sounds like your windows will work out good. You want to make sure you have ventilation up at the top of your coop too...
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    Shed conversions as coops

    You can see mine on My Page. We added 2 windows on three different sides of the coop. Two of the windows are real windows and the other 4 are cut out and framed, screened with hardware cloth. I use plexiglass when the weather is inclimate to cover the windows. We made an additional screened...
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    Do ducks not lay around this time?

    I have a a Khaki Campbell that lays an egg a day year round. I don't think she has missed a day since I got her. I have a Mallard I bought this March and she hasn't laid an egg yet. So...don't really know the answer to your question but that's what's going on here.
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    New Coop..Crazy Man..Lots Done Today, Many Pictures

    You can come be as crazy as you want at my house......as long as you build me a coop like that one. It's wonderful!
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    Sooo Excited & need some help please!!

    Where do you live? I have some beautiful drakes I need to rehome. I would gladly give you one if you are near me. I'm in Texas.
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    Is it or isn't it Marek's Disease? FYI

    So I thought I would come on here and tell you about an experience I just had with my roo. My Sultan roo, "Tina Turner," was acting very very wierd the other day. He was stumbling around. He looked like he was drunk. Every time he would try to crow he would fall over flat on his face. He...
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    Hatchery end of season sale

    I wouldn't order from Ideal right now. I live about 1 hr away from them and we are under extreme heat warnings. I doubt your chicks would make it in good health. I'd wait another month to order from them. I love Ideal's chicks. That's where I get mine from.
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    114 today and we put in a window unit - Now they wont come out!

    I just checked my thermometer outside and it is reading 126... It doesn't go above that so it could be even hotter. It's sitting in the direct sun. I checked my run and in the shade it is 104(that's with the misters going) and in the coop with the water cooler running it's about 102. I took...
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    110 degrees today, has anyone lost any chickens in this heat??

    It's hot just about every where. My car themometer said 119. My coop and run is 100. "I've got a swamp cooler going 24/7 in the coop. That's where most of the chickens and ducks are hanging out. The mister is going, the ice is out, 4 wading pools, shade cloth is on and a fan at the end of...
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    Ideal Poultry

    Quote: If you look at weather.com, it's still around 105 at 5pm...they'd be better off shipping at 8am. I wanted to order banties because they have assorted special right now $1/chick for 25+, 8/3 only. I'd hate to open a box of dead chicks. Then again, if they offer to send replacements I...
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    Going to Cry :(

    GOSH! I think the coop looks good! That being said, I do know how it feels to have something in your mind and then it turns out to be total opposite from what you wanted. I think when you give it some paint and beautifie it up it will be GREAT! ..not what you wanted but still great! Just be...
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    Ideal Poultry

    Quote: I can't imagine them NOT waiting to re-ship your chicks. They have some great deals right now with bantams, ducks, and guineas but .......I sure wouldn't want to open up the box when they arrived. Good luck with your replacements. As I said, I get all my chicks from Ideal Poultry...
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    Ideal Poultry

    DO NOT HAVE YOUR CHICKS SHIPPED THIS WEEK!!!! I live approx. 45 miles from Ideal Poultry. We are having temps around 108 all this week and the heat index is 110+. The grown chickens in this area have stopped laying...some have died. I have been lucky with mine but my friends...not so lucky...
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    behind the 8 ball with my flock these days

    Do you have any kind of pestisides or fertilizer in the grass where your chickens are grazing?
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    Best Ways to Deal With This Extreme Heat???

    misters, freeze coke bottles full of water...they will fit inside the large waterers and keep water cold, kiddie pools for wading, shade cloth, frozen veggies & watermelon, and I put a water cooler/swamp cooler inside the coop..keeps the coop about 20 degrees cooler, fans, shade trees and I turn...
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