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My pole beans are on about gen4 this year. They have a cattle panel I turned into an arch to cling to. Harvest is nice with beans hanging down underneath. In the spring I take a few straggler beans left on the vine and drop them into small raised beds at the bottom sides of the panels. Found out...

They sure look like the cornflowers we have alongside cornfields in Illinois. Have you tried the “picture this” app? Really cool plant ID app. Take a pic and get ID of subject plant you shoot along with pretty good info.

Dad of 4 new EE 😬

Hiya. I got some chickens, several cats, indoors and out too and a couple dogs. One guards my girls and got a raccoon out there. My chickens, Brahmas, frizzles, australorps and Sicilian buttercups. They’ve been lazy on the eggs lately. I got here cause I got an email to come see ya so… hiya...

As long as it isn’t cedar I think most any other wood chips would work ok. The guys don’t like running any trash thru the machine so it’s generally clean. We sell pine shavings all the time to chicken people where I work. The mini flake stuff my girls will eat so I won’t use that. There’s bagged...

Yep I realized that pretty fast after I posted hehehe 😊 Still could be a help tho to someone 👍

Yes I’m using kennel panels. I have a wood fence at the neighbors yard and coop all the way back near that so I have two sides covered. One side of the coop has a gated panel so I can lock up the girls at nite. From the corner of the coop I ran another gated panel for access then another solid...

It will be ok for a while. Wood being wood will do what wood does in time. The new all vinyl plastic type would last a long long time. I’m looking to floor my coop with it this year sometime when I find some clearance at work for cheap. Likely turn into a complete coop rebuild tho, lol!!!

That’s pretty awesome!👍👍👍 I like the cattle panel arches for growing cucumbers which I share with my girls and green beans. The girls do not like those but it’s ok, I love em! It’s a walk in the shade to harvest 🙂

My shade tarp rolls up on a pipe. I’ve made a chicken wire frame in four parts with a post in the center so the tarp has a middle support when it’s rolled out. Oh that was fun building! Putting in the last secrion(solo you know) I dropped my driver bit which a fast chicken grabbed and dashed...

I agree. Some minor grading or digging a ditch or two can be a huge help.

Just a tip where to get wood chips... ya know those guys that shred trees. Sometimes they can be talked into dumping a load for cheap if not free just so they can be rid of the stuff😉 Just be sure what it is they have chopped up so you don’t get the wrong mulch!

This is Cicily, one of my buttercups. She loves the camera and posing. One is from last summer and the older shot is from a few days ago.

Hi all. So I have an australorp that’s just sitting in one nest going on a few weeks and I keep tossing her out. She scratches a little and soon as I head out she goes back. I’m getting her a cage tomorrow. My question is about the balding? I did notice some missing feathers on her back. Is this...

We have them all named and to tell who is who we used colored bands. Two different color combos on SB’s since it was a four pack and five of one kind lol.

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That’s an awesome pic!!! I can’t seem to capture that color shine as well as you did! I have four girls like her🙂

You will definitely have chicken friends if you keep spending time like that with them. We now have lap chickens from sitting in lawn chairs with ours. They all want a little time saying hello to us. If given the chance they fly up on my back while I’m tending food and water now.

Thanks! That’s just some of them. It’s tricky to have them do a group pose, lol. I just tried to get a sample of each in. There’s eleven in all🙂

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Third time chicken dad, first time hens. First two times were little roosters. My chickens now are a year old. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have eleven layers. (3) What breeds do you have? 2 are light Brahmas 4...