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    Has anyone built a rollaway nest?

    http://www.cps.gov.on.ca/english/po5000/po5015.htm I built one that looks like a gang of individual nests in the front, but the bottoms are sloped, and the back looks like the community nest, extended out with a place for the eggs to go. I skipped adding the door, and just have the eggs...
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    Anyone know where to buy this type of Coop Window hardware?

    It looks like homebrew to me. Get some thicker sheet tin, a good set of shears, and a brake. Practice doing rolled edges, that's going to be sharp.
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    Wing clipping...too young??

    Know what a blood feather looks like? When feathers are developing, they have a blood vessel that runs through the shaft. Break the forming feather, and it's a little blood straw, like those Tropicana OJ commercials, but with birds. Don't clip those. Also, if your bird has all its primaries...
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    Broken Pin Feather?

    The best thing to do for a broken blood feather is to pull it completely out. Get gloves and make sure you have a scratch-proof and peck-resistant grip on the bird, and find a pair of needle-nose pliers. Hold the bird, grab the feather near the base firmly with the pliers, and pluck with a...
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    Getting rid of skeeters by using bats....

    Bats are great--they're fun to watch fly around in the evenings. Problem is, they really don't do much about mosquitoes. Diet studies have shown that mosquitoes are only around 2% of the bats' food. They much prefer bigger insects, which works for me, because we have huge beetle hatches around...
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    Barbwire... the solution?

    Check out high tensile fencing designs. Smooth wire with electrified strands at the bottom, middle, and top. If you got the spacing right (very close!) you could keep hens in, especially if there wasn't anything really attractive outside the fence that they wanted to get to. That design will...
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    Permethrin treatment for perches/boxes?

    Yes, it works. A few things to consider: Permethrins and their synthetics have a really poor residual, they break down in water and sunlight. You'll have to repeat barrier treatments every few weeks, and after every cleaning. It is a contact pesticide, so it's only going to work if the insects...
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    what kind of bait do i need to catch a fisher.

    For most weasels, you can put pine shavings soiled with squirrel or mouse droppings in a Sherman trap. It's effective, and doesn't attract too many other critters. What? You don't have any of those?
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    Leaky Roof Help Please!!

    If it's sagging, you'll just throw good money after bad. Take care of that first.
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    mosquitos in the chicken coop

    Mosquitoes are attracted to that wonderful plume of CO2 from all those birds breathing, the heat from their bodies, and the moisture. You say you don't have any standing water other than their drinker, but take a look around your place and your neighborhood. Depending on the species of mosquito...
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    What type of dirt to buy to put in a bin for a dust bath?

    Buy? Dirt? Seriously? Go outside and look down, the whole ground is covered with the stuff! I know I'm a bit of a radical do-it-yourself type, but might I suggest buying a shovel?
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    what about lizards?

    --*BURP* Yummy! (Mine eat mice. Actually, they eat anything they can catch.)
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    reddish tinted water in pond

    It's harmless, and in a pond that size, will always come back. Try barley straw if you don't like it, but on a pond that size, you'll probably be encouraging growth. The nice part about this is if it doesn't work, a water change will be easy and will put you right back where you started, so feel...
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    reddish tinted water in pond

    Rhodophytes! It's really just an aesthetic problem, but there are ways to manage it. How big is the pond?
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    My smelly chicken run...

    Quote: Pot, Meet Kettle. Kettle? May I introduce Mr. Pot.
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    Show off your homemade chicken feeders

    Ours, in the new tractor: On a more serious note, there are many plans online for deer feeders that would work very well with only slight modification. Here's one example. I have some 6" schedule 80 pvc that I was considering making into a reel feeder. I'll let you know how that project...
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    Electric, Barb Wire and Netting? Pictures bottom of Page 1

    Run a single strand a few inches up and a few inches out from the bottom of the fence, and another hot wire near the top. Anything that digs gets its nose zapped, anything that climbs gets its feet zapped, and it takes MUCH less power and expense than running mesh.
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    What's the best way to cut metal/tin siding

    You can get an attachment that turns a normal drill into a nibbler, too.
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    Need some input with our first try in Coop Building 100?

    patandchickens gets the honorary environmental epidemiology degree. Exposure routes, etiology, relative risk... you've done some studying? (Perhaps not, since there's a good bit of common sense there still!) Also, one more reason to NOT use treated lumber for rafters: it's soaking wet, and when...
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    How to make a roof?

    A stick built roof is probably not the best beginner's project. Make (or buy) some trusses. It'll be much easier to install, and they're more forgiving. If you are going with a stick built roof, go buy a speed square. There are plenty of sites online that generally do a poor job of describing...
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