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Roxannemc said:
Finished babies coop and runYEA! Spent the night outsidein it.This morning i roll the coop up to the rundoor so theycan be in either.Right away ones outside the run . get her and before i could walk 3 ft to my chair TWOare out.. what fhe? Then i realize the coop has wheels so up off the ground...they were just walking underneath! DUH
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LOL Roxanne!! That is something I would do. I am just about done with mine too. I have the same idea of having the run separate from the coop. I actually am trying to save some money by using pallets. Wood is so darn expensive. Last week I was at Lowes and they told me I could have all the free pallets I wanted as long as they didn't have yellow on them (returnable ones.) So I ended up hauling home 2 BIG ones and 2 smaller ones. The wood on them is in good shape but pulling the boards out is such a pain. My justification is the fact that a sheet of plywood costs $22 and the pallets are free.
 
alisar said:
I tossed two of mine, looked like they were early deaths, so three left out of 6. One looks a day ahead in development so I'm wondering if I should lock down earlier for that one?
So crazy to see those little wigglers in there!
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That happened in my last hatch. Started with 15 and ended up with 7 and then only 1 hatched. Do not go into lock down early if the one is ahead. If you go into lock down you are taking a chance on drowning the others. Hard lesson learned.
 
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StacyTN said:
What is everyones's opinion or ideas about hatching during the winter?
I ask because my husband says no more after these but I still will want a few more plus I figure if I hatch now, well assume the next batch comes out mid to late Nov. then those I want to keep will be growing and the others will be some 4+ months old and then I can sell them off for a little more come spring because they will be a little older and you will be able to tell what they look like and or sex.

Or is this just the addiction talking
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I keep saying this will be my last hatch for the year but I also keep thinking if I do another batch they will be closer to laying age come spring and more people are looking for chickens at that time, and more chickens means more eggs, and more chickens means less bugs, and more chickens means.... LOL. I think we can come up with a million reasons why we want to hatch more. It really is addicting!
 
Brookhavens said:
It takes less than a day if you put your mind to it. The first one I made took a few days because of my laziness. The second one I made only took a few hours.
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STOP ENCOURAGING ME!!!!
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..... I am completely overboard as it is ... I'm literally stalking ebay listings for blue eggs and green eggs and olive eggs and ..... now I've decided I need a breed of chicken that makes a good broody (that's not a silkie coz I think Florida is toooo hot for those silkies) .... oh my WORD!!!!! Build, build, build, .... feed bill is look a little elevated of late!!!
 
StacyTN said:
What is everyones's opinion or ideas about hatching during the winter?
I ask because my husband says no more after these but I still will want a few more plus I figure if I hatch now, well assume the next batch comes out mid to late Nov. then those I want to keep will be growing and the others will be some 4+ months old and then I can sell them off for a little more come spring because they will be a little older and you will be able to tell what they look like and or sex.

Or is this just the addiction talking
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No :) But that's one heck of a run-on sentence, LOL
 
picanins said:
STOP ENCOURAGING ME!!!!
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..... I am completely overboard as it is ... I'm literally stalking ebay listings for blue eggs and green eggs and olive eggs and ..... now I've decided I need a breed of chicken that makes a good broody (that's not a silkie coz I think Florida is toooo hot for those silkies) .... oh my WORD!!!!! Build, build, build, .... feed bill is look a little elevated of late!!!
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I had asked the lady that I got my eggs from locally about silkies and the heat (I was worried too) and she said they do just fine in Florida. LOL.
 
Brookhavens said:
I had asked the lady that I got my eggs from locally about silkies and the heat (I was worried too) and she said they do just fine in Florida. LOL.
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Brook I'm telling you, if you were closer I'd smack you!!!!!
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p.s Do you have an idea on what would be a good broody (or 2 or 3) to get .... just sayin, coz the buff brahma were calling my name quite loudly!!!
 

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