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    Official BYC Poll: What Do Your Chickens Live In?

    Coop - enclosed run - free range with access to several acres of pasture completely fenced at 5 feet high no climb 2" x 4"
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    Deep bedding

    My bad. Just making a comment in general.
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    Deep bedding

    In my opinion, and experience, they like a protected area preferably a coop. They like to perch up as high as they can in the coop, as a matter of fact there is a pecking order an the boss gets the highest point. I set all of my perches at the same height so they won't fight for the highest...
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    Deep bedding

    If I may- chickens go in their coop to purch, sleep, lay eggs, that is if you have your nesting boxes in the coop and most of all a safe place to go. This makes their coop the main place to go. First of all chickens don't care and they don't have a care, where they poop. So to jump ahead of all...
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    Need help taming an aggressive rooster

    Well, I got to tell you from my experience once he grows his ba__s he never goes back. He may loose all the fights he gets into with you, but just when you think he is done, he sneaks back behind you and attacks you. Unfortunately mine attacked too many times and now he has a slight limp. He is...
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    Big Feeder

    Thank you for your input. I never thought about the feed going bad because they ate it too fast. I am going to watch the feed a little closer. It's not like the old days.
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    Big Feeder

    It's laying mash not crumbles
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    Big Feeder

    I can't deny that myself. I am content with what we have and I don't need to go any where. But my wife likes to travel and I am ok with that but it is not a priority. Now I am in trouble and I probably won't hear the end of this statement. Please be nice
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    Big Feeder

    For whatever reason, they eat a lot. They lay a lot of good eggs. I get several double yokers a week. Something must be right.
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    Big Feeder

    It's hard to find someone to feed your animals let alone feed them right. My horses, cows and sheep all eat off of grass. I have good pasture feed almost year round. I don't believe in feeding them any grains or oats. They were designed to forage on grass not grain. They are plenty fat. The only...
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    Can chicken feed go bad?

    When I made my Big Feeder I had 30 chickens. I am down to 20 now but still that's a lot of chickens to feed. They also free range. Even though they have access to pasture they like to scratch around in the dirt only areas. When I go out in the evening they follow me around because I give them...
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    Big Feeder

    I'm down to 20 chickens now.
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    Big Feeder

    I used every feeder known to chicken farms (on a small scale) When I used a hanging feeder (so they won't perch on it) i t worked great but I still had to fill it twice a week. So I made a bigger feeder. Take a look and let me know what think. It holds 400lbs and it should last 6 months + The...
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    Coop help

    They need a safe place to go to at the end of every day with roost bars or a perch to get on
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    Deep bedding

    I get it from New Country Organics website newcountryorganics.com You can order it online from them. It's $21.95 plus shipping. I live in Ca. so it cost more for shipping. They are distributors for Old Dominion Hemp. Their website is odhemp.com Old Dominion is the manufacturer. I only have to...
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    Deep bedding

    I have raised chickens off and on for many years. It has been several years since the last time. We moved to a new place and there was only dirt, weeds and rocks. We started all over and built from scratch so we were not ready for chickens until the beginning of this year. This time we jumped in...
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    Deep bedding

    There is a company in Virginia called Old Dominion Hemp website (odhemp.com) They manufacture it from the hemp plant. after it is process for CBD oil, the stalks are cut up in small pieces, it looks like off white wood chips. It has high absorbance, low dust. You can buy it in bulk from them or...
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    Deep bedding

    I'll takes some pics today and post them for everyone to see.
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    Deep bedding

    Thank you for the help in adding my location. I was wondering how to do that. There are other things I would like to learn how to do. Maybe we can get to them later. Thanks for the positive comment about the post I did about the hemp bedding. I have only used the hemp for 6 to 7 months now. I...
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    My chicken motel

    Thank you everyone. A lot of the material in the coop, I already had and I did purchase some of it. It's not about economics to me, it's about sustainability. I did get the idea on line and they do build and sell them all over the states and they do get a lot of money for them. It probably would...
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