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    Bags of food stored out in the cold.

    Thanks. For now I dragged the large tote inside amd yea, three bags is perfect and I can close it properly. It’s not perfectly sealed so yeah I assume bugs can get in but inside of the run there has not been one animal that has gotten into in the last 2 years yours with the exception of a...
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    Bags of food stored out in the cold.

    Cool. Thank you for all your advice. And I like the chicken cam!
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    Bags of food stored out in the cold.

    So if your good with that type of container, which I wouldn’t think is vermin proof, I’m not spending 40.00 on a sealed food container either. I was also more concerned regarding spoilage in summer and freezing of the food in the winter. What I like about my set up is I don’t have to reach way...
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    Bags of food stored out in the cold.

    So that’s actually what I have but a longer shorter one which I attached to a dolly. wait!! Are your saying you dump all the different feed together in the in the bin?? If so that’s a great idea. But it’s ok in the cold weather??
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    Bags of food stored out in the cold.

    I do use bungee cords to secure down the top more but it’s not 100% sealed and yeah the bags inside are open because I have been feeding them from the bags. Maybe I should try to find a better type container that has a really better seal therefore I could just keep it in there throughout the...
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    Bags of food stored out in the cold.

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    Bags of food stored out in the cold.

    40 gallon Tupperware style container with bags of food. Can it be kept outside in the cold. We’re in the northeast. Will be inside an enclosed run. No animals will be able to get to it. Any thoughts? Their 5 gallon bucket of food is in the enclosed run all winter as well. will make out life a...
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    Not sure what to make of this

    I discovered what seems to be an embryo in the egg laying room. It’s disheartening whatever it may be but hoping I don’t have a sick chicken. Can anyone identify this. Sorry for the mess all over it.
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    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    What is the square footage here. We started with an Amway coop on sale, coop/run for $150.00. I then decided the run was a joke as it was the bottom of the coop and only 2x5ft. So I built another 10’x12’ft run around that. Secured the bottom well to keep predators out amd since then added an...
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    Comment by 'Leov' in article 'Accessorizing Your Run- How to Make Your Run More Fun For Your Chickens'

    Great ideas. We also put a large cabbage on a rope. That took them a few days to finish it!
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    Trouble with Winter Water Set Up

    Hey there, nipple broke when i was unaware that the deicer was not on at all and that the whole bottom was solid ice. ironically, still defrosted in the center of the bucket. So, seeing the water moving around thru the top hole of the bucket, i was banging with a tiny hammer at the nipples...
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    Trouble with Winter Water Set Up

    For all who have chimed in, thank you so much!! I bought a new de iced, But it turned out to be a bad extension cord or I should say the cord was not put together properly by my electrician. I had bought a 100 ft outdoor very heavy duty cable. And both end caps as well. The cable is about a 3/4”...
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    Trouble with Winter Water Set Up

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    Trouble with Winter Water Set Up

    Wow. That’s a heck of a job. Very impressive. Hopefully it’ll work!!!
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    Trouble with Winter Water Set Up

    i like it! I considered making a rain bucket to send water into the coop but never got around to it. Right now, I fixed a bad power cable (that was the weak link in my problems this past week) and the deicer seems to now be working just fine. Plus I added a 250 watt red light on a timer to go...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    yea, getting 4 eggs from 6 birds!
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    We get 2-4 per day still but it’s serious winter here in the Hudson valley of New York. We have 6 Birds. Basically only three have been laying since September but the other day with the first 16” of snow our Americaua laid her first blue egg!! Go figure. I guess they didn’t get the memo. We...
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    Trouble with Winter Water Set Up

    they are horizontal nipples https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PLT33YC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 And the deicer is kinda sitting on the bottom. moe like a slight bit of a float, meaning angled upward.
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    Living large with my chickens!

    Living large with my chickens!
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    Trouble with Winter Water Set Up

    We have a 5 gallon plastic container, with 8 nipples, with an electric de-icer inside. While the water on the bottom half remains liquid, the nipples themselves are freezing up and we and we need to de-ice them each morning. Already broke two nipples doing this. The water container sits in a...
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