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    The Gun Thread

    Looks very functional and room for other items as well. Might need some chicken patches sewn on?
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    The Gun Thread

    I have read that kydex will scuff faster, but will wear smaller areas, and leather will take longer but will wear larger areas. Just reorient your thoughts to view scuffs as meaning you have trained well and you, and those around you, are safer for it.
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    Coffee grounds!

    And here I was thinking if I could feed my chickens enough coffee beans I could get my morning eggs and morning coffee in one shot. Well, back to the old drawing board.
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    Wet concrete floor

    Thank you. Not sure where I would put the chickens when I do a re-application of Drylock. I am also thinking maybe a floor on top of the concrete, maybe plywood with 1x2s beneath? I never have seen standing water in the barn, so I don’t think it will be extremely wet. Probably would need to be...
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    Wet concrete floor

    Hi all. I started building a coop inside the old dairy barn. Just hardware cloth walls inside the barn which will be the windbreak. The concrete floor has always had a few spots that were slightly darker like there may have been a little moisture content gradation, but it has always been dry in...
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    After many empty threats and lots of idle chatter…

    It has been a busy spring, so not a lot of progress on the coop but I got some work done over the weekend, with a little help from my folks. The North wall is done, 16’ long, and I got the first panel of the East wall cornered up.
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    Very Broody coop

    I have thrown hens in the broody jail four times this spring. I was out of town a lot for two weeks in a row though, so a few got to be broody for some time. I only have one broody left, she is in broody jail, and she knew right away that me coming into the garage meant she might get food. So...
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    OMG everybody's Broody!

    I just posted with nearly the exact same issue, three out of my five legbars are showing signs of broodiness, two of them in full brood.
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    Very Broody coop

    Hi all, I have five cream legbars. I have had a lot of brooding behavior this spring. I built a broody jail out of a dog crate. I have used it three times this spring, "broke" their broodynbess, and now I have two broodies taking up my two nesting boxes. I can't tell them apart, so it is...
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    After many empty threats and lots of idle chatter…

    For the record, my mom owns the farm, I am just renting. But it will come to me one day. Not too soon, hopefully, I like having her around. My cousin down the road is milking cows on the farm that my grandpa grew up on. But they are getting ready to call it quits with the cows and stick to...
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    After many empty threats and lots of idle chatter…

    It is a big one too. 75’x36’ footprint and a very tall haymow upstairs.
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    After many empty threats and lots of idle chatter…

    Indeed. My grandpa started milking cows in that barn in the forties, when he was 16, and he stopped in his sixties. The barn itself predates his work there, it was on the farm when he got it. From what I understand, when it was built they used a lot of materials from another barn that was taken...
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    After many empty threats and lots of idle chatter…

    …I finally started the coop inside the barn. It will be about 16’x8’ and I plan to have a second wall with a door inside to create a vestibule hat can be used to introduce new birds, raise chicks, etc.
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    Small non-meat breeds - getting what I can, efficiently

    I got the impression people said that about a group of males, saying if one crowed, then the rest all followed suit. Sounds like it will be interesting to try.
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    Small non-meat breeds - getting what I can, efficiently

    Glad you mentioned this. I remember my uncle made pickled chicken gizzards, livers, and hearts once and I enjoyed them greatly.
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    Small non-meat breeds - getting what I can, efficiently

    I have heard a lot of people say it is time to process when they all start crowing. I am sure the first few days of a bunch of young roosters in crowing duels would be funny, and then not.
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    Small non-meat breeds - getting what I can, efficiently

    Hi all, I have a question about raising non-meat breed males to get some meat from. I have 5 Cream legbar hens, and am planning to get 5 more hens and a rooster. The breeder I got my hens from says she breeds for mellow males, so I should have a low chance of a jerk that isn't worth the...
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    Separating a broody to cool her down

    This one is less vocal than the last broody I had, but pecks a lot more and harder. All bite, and no growl.
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    Separating a broody to cool her down

    Hmm. Maybe open the garage door during the day and have a radio going?
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    Separating a broody to cool her down

    A day or two wouldn't put her in danger being reintroduced to the flock? Inside the garage is a thought, then she wouldn't be in the wind or in danger from racoons at night.
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