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  1. Nipple Watering System 1

    Nipple Watering System 1

    Nipple Watering System Made Easy I wanted to share the watering system I made in about an hour the other day. All it took was a five gallon paint bucket, a hose faucet "Y" splitter, some old garden hose, a couple of garden hose ends, five stainless steel chicken nipples, five feet of 1" pvc...
  2. Mctees Chuck Chuck House Rchuckss Chicken Coop

    Mctees Chuck Chuck House Rchuckss Chicken Coop

    McTee's Chuck-Chuck House This project started out after having some "farm-fresh" eggs given to us by some friends. After one bite of scrambled eggs, we (the whole family) quickly decided to get chickens. I wanted to get full grown hens who would produce eggs immediately, but was...
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    Shade screen for outdoor coops/runs

    I have a retail store where I sell what's called "70% Shade Screen" It is available in Black, Green, White, and Tan. I used it to cover the run for my coop and it is great. It keeps out quite a bit of rain/snow and provides great shade for a cooler coop!! It sells for $.50 per square foot...
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    Coop Contest 2010 - Win $20 BYC Store Gift Cert. Ended 9/12/2010

    When will the results be posted??
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    Anyone Free Rang meat birds on their lawn??

    I really like the fertlizer aspect of the whole thing. I just hope that I don't have a funky checker-board type lawn after moving the tractor each day.
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    Production Red Rooster???

    Thank you for the nice comment! We're sure looking forward to those eggs when they come.
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    Production Red Rooster???

    How funny is it that the kids woke up this morning to a cock-a-doodle-doo from our former girl. There is no doubt now that we are the proud new owners of a rooster!!! You guys and gals hit it pretty much dead on!! Just thought we'd share the info.
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    Anyone Free Rang meat birds on their lawn??

    I think I'll do the Cornish X's for sure based on the speed of growth. I'm going to build a moveable tractor, probably around 8 x 10 or close and start with 25 birds, moving them a couple of times per day on the back lawn. I'll keep everyone abreast of the progress. Thanks to all for your help!
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    Production Red Rooster???

    This is a great post. Thanks for all who have commented, your advise/stories are priceless. Orchid, your story is EXACTLY the same as ours. Those poor pullets scream bloody murder, and it looks like the most horrible act imaginable. Just the difference between the wild kindgom and humans...
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    Anyone Free Rang meat birds on their lawn??

    I like the approach with no commercial feed. Who knows what 'they' put in it. I'd assume the county extension office would be able to help me with locally grown seeds??
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    Production Red Rooster???

    So do we just let nature take it's course. Circle of life. Whatever???
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    Production Red Rooster???

    These are just kids ha ha.... 17 weeks old. Is this mating time? Will he hurt the girls???? Sure seemed mean to us...
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    Anyone Free Rang meat birds on their lawn??

    Thanks, do the x's grow that much faster/larger to offset the extra work? I'm not afraid of the work, but self-raising birds do sound easier....
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    Production Red Rooster???

    I don't know if the chicken gods just threw the mean rooster switch, but we just went out to the run and our newly found roo had one of the ladies by the neck holding on for dear life. Looks like freezer camp is a extremely real possibility. We've never noticed this behavior before. What's...
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    Anyone Free Rang meat birds on their lawn??

    Is there any poop advantage to the Rangers vs. X's?? Or they both the same?
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    Anyone Free Rang meat birds on their lawn??

    I'm up in the air on the Rangers vs. X's. Everyone says the Rangers are easier, but the X's are bigger (meatier) and are faster to process. I have to say I'm a little bummed to learn that the lawn takes that much of a beating. I'd think with the sprinklers on constantly wasing the poop in it...
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    Anyone Free Rang meat birds on their lawn??

    Jaku, Thanks for the advice. We'll probably start with 25 in a 10 x 10 pen and see how it goes. What is the extra work for the Cornish X's??
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    Anyone Free Rang meat birds on their lawn??

    Ah, Katy it doesn't sound like your a dummy. It's actually reassuring that the chickens don't freak out when the water hits the tractor so long as there is a place for them to get out of the water. My lawn takes quite a bit of water (every other day) to stay looking nice. I think I'll try it...
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    Anyone Free Rang meat birds on their lawn??

    What's the sprinkler story????
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    Anyone Free Rang meat birds on their lawn??

    JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom Today 8:23 amDon't under-estimate the poop-mat, which will be solid right around the feeder if you have the laziest strain of CornX. And the birds will look pretty slovenly too. We use Electronet around Ohio Hoop House Shelters...
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