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Quote: I think if someone doesn't have the space raised beds are a great option. I agree with you about the moisture. I watched the video and am sort of stumped as to why they would opt for the raised beds. They had lots of room. I do use raised beds for my carrots and some herbs but would...

Quote: LOL all I can say is Ow......

Quote: I guess I am not interested in line breeding. My home is in a place where there is very very little in the form of agriculture, mostly a cow or two or horse or two. Mostly city people disgusted with neighbors wanting space around them, or Desert people who are there because they have...

Quote: that does make sense...........heres another one to think about. pure cornish. this was one i was considering one time. they are meaty birds. not the best at reproducing, slow growing, but good at foraging. and can reproduce. or use a cornish brood cock over another meaty type...

Quote: Two very different answers. Biodiversity is both a function of time scale and how often you import new alleles into flock. With totally closed flock without occasional imports and time is indefinite, then hundreds of actual breeding birds needed which is not practical. If your flock...

Quote: Wow that's a lot of brown, not how I picture California at all. I am not an OT at all, but as to the discussion about DP vs CX meat birds, I would think there are other factors not mentioned like can you have crowing? (urban environment), How set up are you for mass scale processing...

Quote: What's that? BLM land? Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html Its mostly unmanaged and un fenced and you can lease great portions of it for running cattle. I dont know the regs on it....

So I am curious... How many chickens would create a sustainable flock. Enough for biodiversity .... and enough to consume. Say for a household of two people? Also I have eighteen acres with no fences between all my neighbors and a straight shot to BLM land. It is possible once my chickens...

Quote: I am not an OT but it would seem logical to raise up your own if you were doing the sustainable meat flock. Something dual purpose that wouldn't suffer if you decided to keep the best ones for sustaining the flock. deb

Quote: OK, I'm all ears on the free building materials. I wormed all chickens yesterday. I added my pullets, age about 9 - 10 weeks today, and the pecking order adjustment is going rough! I am flat broke until who knows when, depends on my insurance company and weather-break for work. I need...

Quote: The way I look at it, this thread is a chance for people to ask questions and debate things and get more straightforward answers than you can give on some other threads. We will all have different experiences and what does or does not work for me might or might not work for you...

Fred's Hens : No trick. However, most hens do lay by noon, with the stragglers laying later. If a hen doesn't "learn" to lay in the box, she's gonna get probation and not be allowed outside. If she does it again, she'd be culled. I've not had such a failure in many, many years. It all...

Quote: thanks Pop.... learned something new and very useful...

Quote: First where are you located? Was this an extreme case of unusually hot weather for you? Solutions may vary depending the answers to these questions. For me dealing with 105 degrees for a few weeks out of the summer is the norm. But I live in a dry climate. Shade ventilation and...

Quote: I don't think there is an auditing department. Sounds like you have a life time of great experiences. Yeah but I also used to dress the chickens up in my dolls cloths when I found a pullet that would let me. Never did bother me to eat her later though. My kid's the same way. Last...

Quote: I prefer plywood too but it's at least 4 times the cost of OSB so I'm stuck with OSB most times. Quote: If you feed the eggs back to them it will extend the withdrawal period because you'll be (ever so slightly, but still) continuously medicating them. I'd just compost the eggs...

I personally think painting inside and out is a good idea. If you can do it. Even just for a one time deal. Especially if you are not starting out with Aged wood. It helps keep the wood straight and seal imperfections from moisture and insects. If I were starting out with re-purposed...

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Quote: Will need to be a whole foot? Was thinking of just a few inches myself, but have started yet. Thanks Scott Better safe than sorry. I was thinking myself of doing the same only 2+ feet down for some of the tree roots. For Bermuda grass and whatever that ropy grass is that I never saw...